The presence of the second installed windows has both advantages and disadvantages - the latter often force the user to refuse one of the OS. Next, we will tell you how it can be uninstalled.
Stage 1: Downloader Editing
Since in the process of installing two or more operating systems, changes are made to the bootloader, the first step is to edit it.
- Use the "Run" snap: Click the Win + R key combination, then enter the MSCONFIG text in the window and click OK.
- Then go to the "Load" tab. Here will be displayed a list of installed systems.
- Select the OS that you want to save - select it and click "Use By Default".
- Now mark the system you want to erase, and use the "Delete" button.
- Close all open applications and restart the computer.
Thus, we deleted another Windows 10 from the download, and we can only get rid of residual files.
Stage 2: Deleting system residues
After editing the download elements, you can switch to cleaning information that remains from unnecessary Windows 10. There are several options for this procedure.Option 1: Formatting the drive
The most radical method is to complete the disk or partition formatting - it is guaranteed to erase all residues of the second windows.
Read more: Formatting hard disk in Windows 10
Option 2: manual removal
If the previous operation is not available, you can delete all unnecessary manually. Open the drive, where another copy of "dozens" was previously installed. Find folders from the list Next and alternately erase each:
- "Program Files";
- "Program Files (x86)";
- "ProgramData";
- "Windows";
- "Users" (for the English version - "Users").
It is recommended to carry out irretrievable removal by pressing the SHIFT + DEL combination.
Now the second windows 10 is completely removed from the computer.
Residual files are not deleted
In the process of executing the second stage of the instructions above, users may encounter a problem when the data is not erased. It can be fixed in two ways.Method 1: Replacing the owner of the folder
Among the elements of the old version of "dozens" are both systemic, as a result of which users, trying to remove them, face a mistake about the lack of access rights. To solve this, it will be needed to replace the director owner, what will the instruction on the link will help you.
Read more: Error solving "Customer does not have the required rights" in Windows 10
Method 2: Deleting files as data to roll back
The method above can be ineffective - in this case, you can mark unnecessary files as the previous installation of the system, placing them in the Windows.old directory.
- Switch to the drive where the required data is located. Create a new folder and set it the Windows.old name.
- Move the remaining system left from the remote system to this directory.
- Next, go back to the "Computer" window, check the desired drive, click on it with the right mouse button and select "Properties".
- Open the General tab and use the "Disk Cleaning" element.
- Wait until the information be sure, then click "Clear System Files".
- In the next window, mark the option "Previous Windows Settings" and click "OK".
- Wait until the items are deleted.
The method is somewhat unusual, however, quite effective in solving the task.
We told you about how you can delete the second version of Windows 10 from the computer. Summing up, we note that in fact any user can be able to cope with it.