formatting a HD without reinstalling windows

memory · 09-17-2007, 05:29 PM

My friend may be buying a new computer and he would like to take the HD out of the one he is using now and use it as a backup in the new computer. How would he go about formatting the HD without putting windows back on? It is possible isn't it?

**The_Other_One** · 09-17-2007, 05:49 PM

When the computer is up and running, simply find the drive under my computer, right-click, and format. Or there are also options if you right-click My Computer, Manage, and then Disk Management(of course I'm going off XP. I guess I should get more experience in Vista pretty soon

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memory Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 399	formatting a HD without reinstalling windows My friend may be buying a new computer and he would like to take the HD out of the one he is using now and use it as a backup in the new computer. How would he go about formatting the HD without putting windows back on? It is possible isn't it? __________________ New rig soon to be built: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS\|Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| EVGA 8800GTS(G92) 512mb \| OCZ Gold 4gb DDR2 800 \| OCZ GameXStream 700 watt \| WD 250gb SATA 3.0 \| Samsung 20x dvd burner with lightscribe \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit \| 19 inch widescreen Hanns G monitor Old rig for sell: Dell Dimension 9100 Pentium D 820/ Corsair 2gb of ram/Pny Geforce 6800GS OC/2 dvd burners/Maxtor 250gb HDD/WD 120gb HDD/Soundblaster Audigy 4

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The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	When the computer is up and running, simply find the drive under my computer, right-click, and format. Or there are also options if you right-click My Computer, Manage, and then Disk Management(of course I'm going off XP. I guess I should get more experience in Vista pretty soon ) __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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