Solved Cannot delete files from previous hard drive, administrative issues

harrisonward

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Hello!
I have been systematically moving old pictures and other files of value from my the hard disk that used to my primary drive in my old PC. I have now moved everything over and want to delete everything from it making it an empty drive for storage. Unfortunately it seems a lot files are still under the administrative authority of my my previous administrators account. I have tried using an unlocker program and taken ownership of the folders (of which there are now three remaining: Documents and settings, program files, Windows) to no avail. I could of course try booting my system from my old windows xp operating system which should still be intact on the drive, but what use would that be? there wouldn't be a way of transferring ownership from OS to another?

Any Help would be greatly appreciated!
 

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Hello Harrison, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Are you able to just do a quick format of the drive/partition that you wanted empty instead?
 

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Thank you so much!! That completely solved my problem!
 

My Computer

OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600 Multiprocessor Free
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0G3HR7
Memory
6.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Sound Card
(1) Realtek High Definition Audio (2) High Definition Audi
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
(1) ST31000528AS (2) WDC WD3200KS-75PFB0 (3) Generic- Compact Flash USB Device (4) Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device (5) Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (6) Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device (7) Seagate GoFlex Desk USB Device
Great news. You're most welcome. :)
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built custom
OS
64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
PSU
Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 4
Internet Speed
2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
Antivirus
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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