Can i install a new hard drive that has been giving to me and has been used on a differnet computer. It wasnt used on the same Operating System. So can i?
Can i install a new hard drive that has been giving to me and has been used on a differnet computer. It wasnt used on the same Operating System. So can i?
You will need to format it.
<span style='color:blue'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Msi ms-6330
Amd Athlon at 1ghz
896mb Ram pc-133
Seagate 80gb 7,200 rpm
Nvidia Geforce MX 420
21 inch screen
MSI 52X32X52 CD-RW (cr52-m)
SoundBlaster 5.1 mp3+
Creative Labs 5.1 Speakers
Xp Pro Sp1</span></span>
how do i do that?
Shovel Ready
Are you talking about adding a HDD in addition to the one you already have?
Or replacing your current one?
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
Im thinking off adding one to it. is there anything i need to do. they said to reformat it, but how.
Hardware guy
what opperating sustem do you use?
Bob The Alien
If your using XP, just go into computer management, then click disk management. and click on the new drive, and you will have the option to format it there.
With other Os, you can use the format commands in Dos.
Does anyone else know, can you format a drive in other version of windows, I've never done that before.
"Where did he go, George, Where did he go?"
I think you can do it the same way as in xp.
<span style='color:blue'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Msi ms-6330
Amd Athlon at 1ghz
896mb Ram pc-133
Seagate 80gb 7,200 rpm
Nvidia Geforce MX 420
21 inch screen
MSI 52X32X52 CD-RW (cr52-m)
SoundBlaster 5.1 mp3+
Creative Labs 5.1 Speakers
Xp Pro Sp1</span></span>
Bob The Alien
Well, You don't have all the administrative tools in other version of windows, well, except the NT version.
I think I remember in explorer just being able right click, and click format, but I know you could do it with the floppy, but I really don't think you could actually do that with HDDs, I may be wrong though.
I always just formated using Dos, in those day, I tried to find a link on google for it, but all the links poped up as how to format in dos.
"Where did he go, George, Where did he go?"
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Repartition it as well if you want it completely clean, if you got an XP disc it can be done through the installer, then you can reformat from your regular OS without a glitch.
Otherwise a startdisc should do it.
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