I recently installed 10.6.8 on my Imac and now i find i have 2 startup discs which i don't want. How do i erase the old startup disc which uses 10.5.8?

I recently installed 10.6.8 on my Imac and now i find i have 2 startup discs which i don't want. How do i erase the old startup disc which uses 10.5.8?
My Imac info is :
It also appears that many of my files are duplicated.
Work files and system files such as Library (i have 3 Libraries now..?)
Also keep geting messages such as "scratch disks full".
Any advice is welcome..

Well I would recommend you do have an off internal hard drive backup of all your files before wiping any duplicates off the internal.  Once you are certain you have an off internal hard drive backup of all essential files, then use Disk Utility to erase the other partitions.

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