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Windows Server 2012 uninstall *newb alert*

17K views 17 replies 2 participants last post by  Adamworthy  
#1 ·
Hello,

I am not so technologically inclined and may have went a little overboard on assuming I would be able to accomplish a task I knew nothing about! :uhoh:

I work at a small office and I was trying to set us up on a server. So, I downloaded the trial of Windows Sever 2012 from the microsoft website. I went though installation but it said I didnt have enough room on my C: drive, which was odd? nevertheless I installed it on D: which still shouldnt be an issue. Now I am trying to uninstall server 2012 since I have no idea what im doing, but have no idea how to go about this.

Now everytime I start my computer it prompts me asking if I would like to run windows 7 or Windows Server 2012

Please help me uninstall this?
 
#3 ·
They are on the same partition I beleive, now when i startup it always prompts me which OS to use... its rather irritating and by default (if I am away from computer upon startup) chooses Server OS. Which I cant do anything on besides a DOS type window
 
#4 ·
Boot into Windows 7

Click Start
Right click Computer and select Properties
On the left click 'Advanced system settings'
Under the advanced tab select 'Startup and recovery'

Under system start up choose Windows 7 as your default OS and make sure the box 'Time to display list of operating systems' is un ticked.

Press Ok and if you restart it should boot straight into Windows 7

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#5 ·
Adamworthy! :dance:

Thanks so much, this definitely did the trick.
Now, where would the files be that I can delete? I just dont want to delete any crucial files that may be detrimental to my Windows 7.
Or am I just better off leaving it - out of sight out of mind-type thing? I'm just worried it will take over alot of unneccessary space!

Again, thanks so much for your help! :angel:
 
#6 ·
I don't see how you would have installed it without creating a partition or having an extra hard drive.

You could try opening cmd and using Diskpart to see if theres a hidden partition

Type Diskpart and press enter then type List Partition and enter to see what shows up.
 
#16 ·
Its definitely on there somewhere (although, it was just a trial, so maybe it will go away) ? I know before I did what you had originally said, it would give me the option of starting up Server 2012 or Windows 7, and by default chose Server
 
#18 ·
You would have had to have installed it on a partition, if you installed it on C then it would have over written your Windows 7.

This is what mine looks like

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Disk 0 is my one Hard drive

C is the partition with Windows 8
E is the partition with Windows Server 2012

Yours would look something similar to that if you had it installed somewhere.
 
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