Deleting my vista install

[lainlives]

A while back I installed Vista on my computer. (Wish I didn't waste my money. ) Now it is unbootable, and I cannot delete the windows folder. The only way I can think of to delete it is to boot a non-windows OS that supports writing NTFS, but I don't know any. Could someone help me get rid of this. I NEED THE SPACE!

[Twey]

You should be able to do it using most live CDs. Knoppix is capable, I think.

[lainlives]

last version of knoppix i used (old) could only read
but what do i got to lose i need that 4gb

[tech_support]

You can build a BartPE image and recover your files that way.

[djr33]

Could you add the drive to another, working computer, then boot and format that way?

[tech_support]

It's quite a hassle to do that.

[djr33]

Not if you have two computers available and can just pop one HD into the other computer. Or, better yet, if you have an external harddrive enclosure.

[tech_support]

I would still get a bootable CD. There's a risk of losing data when swapping/transferring.

[djr33]

I think the data is all gone anyway, from how this is setupi. I'm not sure, though, I suppose.

[tech_support]

Hmm... then risk of damaging the actual drive itself.