Deleting old OS after installing Windows 7

[khan1105]

Hello I have a quick question. After installing the Windows 7 (upgrade version) onto a new drive, I know that there will be a dual boot option once the installation is complete. I have Windows XP as my current OS in D: drive and am planning to install Windows 7 onto C: drive. My question is, once I boot into the system using Windows 7, can I reformat the D: drive to remove Win XP? I have already backed everything up. Thanks in advance.

 

[wallyinnc]

Khan, welcome to the forums

Quick answer: yes. But most probalby you will get a messed up boot loader and might get problems with which drive is active / system / boot

Check these tutorials, they should do what you want:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2282-default-operating-system-change-default-boot-os.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2288-operating-system-start-delete-os-list-boot.html

if in doubt, ask here. There is a risk you can't boot anymore if something goes wrong. I beleive that a repair install would solve it then, but better not to risk problems if you don't have to.

 

[khan1105]

Thanks alot for the quick reply, I believe that the first link to the tutorial answered my question.

Cheers

 

[wallyinnc]

Anytime.
let us know if everything works well.