Upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate. Both Versions on C D

I upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using our Microsoft Actiona
Pack License that says you must have a previous version to use it.

It required that I do a FULL install instead of an Upgrade. Seemed to go
perfectly, everything works, etc. Problem is that now I have both Vista Home
Premium and Vista Ultimate on my C: Drive and almost no space left.

How do I rid myself of Vista Home Premium on this computer now? It's taking
up around 52 Gig of space.

Thank you,
JT

You remove the other install with BCDEdit

Bcdedit:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true

Then restart and remove the old windows files
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"BIT007" <> wrote in message
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> I upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using our Microsoft Actiona
> Pack License that says you must have a previous version to use it.
>
> It required that I do a FULL install instead of an Upgrade. Seemed to go
> perfectly, everything works, etc. Problem is that now I have both Vista
> Home
> Premium and Vista Ultimate on my C: Drive and almost no space left.
>
> How do I rid myself of Vista Home Premium on this computer now? It's
> taking
> up around 52 Gig of space.
>
> Thank you,
> JT

Hello Mark,

Thank you for the quick and helpful answer. I tried the bcdedit in the
command line but it didn't allow it. I do have admin rights. any ideas for a
novice?

Thank you,
JT

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> You remove the other install with BCDEdit
>
> Bcdedit:
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
>
> Then restart and remove the old windows files
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> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> "BIT007" <> wrote in message
> news:763DB998-461E-4B3B-A5BF-...
> > I upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using our Microsoft Actiona
> > Pack License that says you must have a previous version to use it.
> >
> > It required that I do a FULL install instead of an Upgrade. Seemed to go
> > perfectly, everything works, etc. Problem is that now I have both Vista
> > Home
> > Premium and Vista Ultimate on my C: Drive and almost no space left.
> >
> > How do I rid myself of Vista Home Premium on this computer now? It's
> > taking
> > up around 52 Gig of space.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > JT
>

Since you boot to the new system by default, simply boot to the old system,
rightclick a Command Prompt icon on Start, to 'run as administrator', and
run the command :
BCDEDIT /delete

Then restart Windows

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Mark L. Ferguson

"BIT007" <> wrote in message
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> Hello Mark,
>
> Thank you for the quick and helpful answer. I tried the bcdedit in the
> command line but it didn't allow it. I do have admin rights. any ideas for
> a
> novice?
>
> Thank you,
> JT
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> You remove the other install with BCDEdit
>>
>> Bcdedit:
>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
>>
>> Then restart and remove the old windows files
>> --
>> click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a
>> post''
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> "BIT007" <> wrote in message
>> news:763DB998-461E-4B3B-A5BF-...
>> > I upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using our Microsoft
>> > Actiona
>> > Pack License that says you must have a previous version to use it.
>> >
>> > It required that I do a FULL install instead of an Upgrade. Seemed to
>> > go
>> > perfectly, everything works, etc. Problem is that now I have both Vista
>> > Home
>> > Premium and Vista Ultimate on my C: Drive and almost no space left.
>> >
>> > How do I rid myself of Vista Home Premium on this computer now? It's
>> > taking
>> > up around 52 Gig of space.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > JT
>>

You guys are turning this into rocket science. All you need to do is ru
the *"Disk Cleanup" tool (just type Clean in the Search box on the Star
menu to find it), Select "Previous Windows Installation(s)" and the
click OK.* Presto...old intallation files gone.

No tedious hacks or dos prompts required!!

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sygnus21

Nice Job! Thanks to both of you. the dos solution was too complex but i
appreciated it.

This last solution was my speed and worked in 5 minutes. thanks again!

JT

"BIT007" wrote:

> I upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using our Microsoft Actiona
> Pack License that says you must have a previous version to use it.
>
> It required that I do a FULL install instead of an Upgrade. Seemed to go
> perfectly, everything works, etc. Problem is that now I have both Vista Home
> Premium and Vista Ultimate on my C: Drive and almost no space left.
>
> How do I rid myself of Vista Home Premium on this computer now? It's taking
> up around 52 Gig of space.
>
> Thank you,
> JT

BIT007;732713 Wrote:
> Nice Job! Thanks to both of you. the dos solution was too complex but
> appreciated it
>
> This last solution was my speed and worked in 5 minutes. thanks again
>
> J
>
> "BIT007" wrote
> > > >
> > > I upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Ultimate using our Microsof
> > Action
> > > Pack License that says you must have a previous version to use it
> >
> > > It required that I do a FULL install instead of an Upgrade. Seemed t
> > g
> > > perfectly, everything works, etc. Problem is that now I have bot
> > Vista Hom
> > > Premium and Vista Ultimate on my C: Drive and almost no space left
> >
> > > How do I rid myself of Vista Home Premium on this computer now? It'
> > takin
> > > up around 52 Gig of space
> >
> > > Thank you
> > > JT > >

Glad I was able to help

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sygnus21