Vista - Deleting vista system files from xp

I originally installed Vista as a dual boot on my "D" drive with xp on
my "C" drive. I didn't like that setup, so I went back to a ghost image of
my "C" drive and all was well, except that my "D" drive still had the program
files, programdata, users, and windows directories on it. My question is,
how do I delete these directories? I've done numerous searches on google
with no help. I have tried safe-mode administrator login and take ownership
of the entire "D" drive. Still couldn't delete them. I've tried accessing
them from a linux virtual machine as an smb share, no-go either. I've tried
accessing it from a seperate physical computer running xp. I've tried it
with simple filesharing both on and off. I haven't tried ntfsdos
professional boot disk, as that solution is way out of my price range (the
free version is read only). One last point, my "D" drive is 200gb with about
160gb used. I don't have the space anywhere on my network to backup the
drive less the vista system folders and format. Any help appriceated.

Thank you,

(-: FireFox :-)

Use XP Disk Manager to delete the partition and then create a new one. Very
fast. You can do either a quick format or a full format.

"FireFox" <FireFox@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89EC2C8B-302B-4165-8BFC-729D2D71B67D@microsoft.com...
> I originally installed Vista as a dual boot on my "D" drive with xp on
> my "C" drive. I didn't like that setup, so I went back to a ghost image
> of
> my "C" drive and all was well, except that my "D" drive still had the
> program
> files, programdata, users, and windows directories on it. My question is,
> how do I delete these directories? I've done numerous searches on google
> with no help. I have tried safe-mode administrator login and take
> ownership
> of the entire "D" drive. Still couldn't delete them. I've tried
> accessing
> them from a linux virtual machine as an smb share, no-go either. I've
> tried
> accessing it from a seperate physical computer running xp. I've tried it
> with simple filesharing both on and off. I haven't tried ntfsdos
> professional boot disk, as that solution is way out of my price range (the
> free version is read only). One last point, my "D" drive is 200gb with
> about
> 160gb used. I don't have the space anywhere on my network to backup the
> drive less the vista system folders and format. Any help appriceated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> (-: FireFox :-)