Solved i want to uninstall and second version of vista off my emachine

Felinesrus

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i have windows vista on my emachine. i installed it and now have 2. i want to know how to go back to the old one and remove the new one. can you help me?
 

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first i have 2 vistas on my machine.
i look at disk management and i don't see what they are showing - see attached
when you look at my disk you see a windows and and window.old - see attached
so i don't think this is going to help as i can't see what they are talking about
any other suggestions


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Hi,

I think you only have one system installed on "C" & a recovery boot disk "D".

"D" is a recovery partition containing the "AS NEW" system from purchase for disaster recovery.

Therefore do not delete anything!

What you appear to have done is install Vista on top of Vista, hence the Windows.old files.

To revert back to the original system you will need to uninstall Windows from within the control panel "Programs and files".

Please ensure you have a back-up of your current system before starting any of the above.

if you are in any doubt leave it "As is" because the is nothing wrong with windows!
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
i can't uninstall from the control panel as it doesn't show anything as to the new vista being there. just the programs i put in so i could be on the net and keep in contact. but i have lost half of my tiny hard drive space due to not uninstalling all the programs before i installed the second vista. i really would like to have the space i'm missing back. that's why i want to go back and uninstall all those programs. so you're telling me there's nothing i can do. that's really a pain


can i just delete those programs so i can have my space back?
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Hi,

Look here for a clean up instruction.


Clean-up tool

[h=3]Warning[/h]
  • Before you use Disk Cleanup, make sure that all of your files and settings are in Windows where you expect them to be. Deleting the Windows.old folder can’t be undone.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
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