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Deleting HDD

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  • 10-06-2015 9:49pm
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    levitronix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭


    Whats the best way of deleting a HDD, im removing the HDD and using it in another build


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Will it be another build of yours? Or for someone else.

    If yours, a simple format will do, if for someone else its harder to make your data unrecoverable


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    levitronix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭levitronix


    Parents pc, im building tomorrow


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    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,948 ✭✭✭circadian


    Boot and nuke, wouldn't recommend on an ssd though.


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Do a fresh windows install then, should be grand


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    levitronix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭levitronix


    don't like the look of boot and nuke could see myself clearing the wrong drive
    , think just a format will do in disk management ? can you do it in the bios?


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    Digital Solitude
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    Don't think so. Insert a Windows install disk and install it new onto the drive. Remove all other drives from PC and you can't pick the wrong one


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    levitronix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭levitronix


    i get it now, when windows boots it ask me if i want to delete old partitions if there are any


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