How much space does an operating system take up? I want to delete like 50 operating systems i have over 5 Hard Drives. But i dont know how to do it. How do i do it?

How much space does an operating system take up? I want to delete like 50 operating systems i have over 5 Hard Drives. But i dont know how to do it. How do i do it?

street312punk

Back up whatever data you want to keep and format the hard drives. I believe Win7 takes at the very least 20gb

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How much space does an operating system take up? I want to delete like 50 operating systems i have over 5 Hard Drives. But i dont know how to do it. How do i do it?

psych0mantra

Is there any way i can delete some and keep some?

Is there any way i can delete some and keep some?

street312punk

More specific information about your setup is required. How many -actual- operating systems (i.e. different versions of Windows or Linux) are installed on your computer that you can -boot- to? Where are they installed? Are your drives partitioned?

-Byshop

I have 10 Os in this HDD and at least 3 are working. I want to keep just one. What files do i need to save?

I have 10 Os in this HDD and at least 3 are working. I want to keep just one. What files do i need to save?

street312punk

A little more background please. How do you have 10 OSes on this hard drive? Is this the result of numerous windows reinstalls? What are the OSes in question? Is the drive one large partition or is it divided into multiple partitions? Are OSes sharing partitions?

10 OSes on a hard drive is a very unusual situation and before I recommend a course of action I need to make sure we are on the same page. What are the OSes that are installed and which one are you trying to keep?

-Byshop

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I have 10 Os in this HDD and at least 3 are working. I want to keep just one. What files do i need to save?

Byshop

A little more background please. How do you have 10 OSes on this hard drive? Is this the result of numerous windows reinstalls? What are the OSes in question? Is the drive one large partition or is it divided into multiple partitions? Are OSes sharing partitions?

10 OSes on a hard drive is a very unusual situation and before I recommend a course of action I need to make sure we are on the same page. What are the OSes that are installed and which one are you trying to keep?

-Byshop

Yeah they are all windows Xp Pro's. Theres 10 because most have gotten viruses and dont work so i've had to reinstall. The other simply don't work some are frozen and other say i can only repair them through console repair wich i don't know how to use. I want to keep one or two, wich is working in this HDD and erase the rest. It dosnt matter which two i keep out of the three that are working. So how do i erase the ones i don't want and keep the ones i want?

You're making this WAY to complicated. Format and start over. Best chance for stability.

Ok, thank you.

Is there any way i can delete some and keep some?

street312punk

But how?