How do I delete an operating system from a laptop?
well you should probably reformat but youd have to put one of them back on the laptop you can go to computer then RIGHT CLICK and hit manage go down and click on disk management now if you know which partition the one you wanna delete is on you can just (make sure your logged on to the profesional) format the home but it will be hard to get that data space so im still recommending reformat the whole thing a put a new os on there linux is free for download i would reccomend ubuntu.
Deleting an Operating System for Dual-Boot Machines 1 Start the Windows operating system you want to keep. If you have a dual boot or dual operating system, at initial bootup, it will give you a choice of which operating system to go to. Use the arrow keys to choose which of the two you will keep, then hit “Enter.” 2 Determine the Windows folder you want to keep by doing the following steps: Click on “Start,” click “Run,” type %windir% , then click on “OK.” This may show up as “C:\Windows” or any other name on your machine. 3 Do not delete the working Windows folder. 4 Go to the Windows Explorer by going to “Start,” clicking on “Run” and typing “explorer” (without the quotation marks) to find the windows you want to remove. 5 Right-click on the Windows folder you want to delete, then click on the word “Delete.” Make sure that this is not your working Windows before you delete it. 6 Click “Yes” to confirm the deletion of the second Windows operating system. 7 Go to “Start,” choose “My C