Deleting 32bit for 64

[essartee4]

So quick question.

I had a old DVD with windows 7 on it from years ago and I loaded it onto my rig onto a SSD drive.

I must of forgot its the 32bit version

Either way I ordered the 64 bit version

My question, how do I clear this old OS completely of my SSD properly for my new 64bit OS?

Thanks

 

[lucasbytegenius]

When you get the 64-bit DVD, boot from it, and you will be able to format your SSD from there.

 

[essartee4]

Easy as that? Didn't know if I needed to do anything special being a SSD.

 

[Benny Boy]

PPL do it different ways. My first choice would be to go to the ssd makers site, which might be a forum, and use their guidline/maybe app, to clean the drive.

Or from the DVD you can access commnad prompt>the Diskpart>and run the "clean all" command.

But if you go with the first one you can see if the maker has a needed firmware update while your at it.

 

[lucasbytegenius]

Easy as that? Didn't know if I needed to do anything special being a SSD.

The only way to do it, really. Sure, you could update the firmware if need be while you're at it, but for just putting 64-bit Windows on there, you only need to format it.

 

[essartee4]

Thanks. Did my first power up today after piecing together for months. Pretty excited.

 

[lucasbytegenius]

Thanks. Did my first power up today after piecing together for months. Pretty excited.

Lol I'm sure, that looks like a pretty awesome setup.

 

[essartee4]

Thank you, appreciate it.

 

[Benny Boy]

I couldn't say what allll the differences would be between quick format and secure erase but secure erase has been there since MLC and before so there must be reasons. Of the few manufr's I've seen, I haven't seen them use quick format. A main reason could be that erase is more thorough at removing data and refreshes drive performance. Quick format will work but I think it relies on TRIM and CG to do some of the work so imo it's not the best option.

 

[Havoc]

Is your Motherboard 64 bit ??? If not It will not work..

 

[lucasbytegenius]

Is your Motherboard 64 bit ??? If not It will not work..

Seems like his motherboard is fairly new, so the logical conclusion is yes, it is.

 

[essartee4]

Dunno¿
Would assume so since my board supports 32gigs of memory.

 

[essartee4]

Ok so I found an erase tool on Kingston's site called HHDErase, however it's confusing me. It says

"BIOS must be set to “IDE” or “Compatibility” mode in order for the drive to be recognized by HDDErase"

What does this mean? What's IDE?
http://www.kingston.com/us/communit...ata-wiping-sanitize-or-secure-erase-ssds.aspx

 

[lucasbytegenius]

Ok so I found an erase tool on Kingston's site called HHDErase, however it's confusing me. It says

"BIOS must be set to “IDE” or “Compatibility” mode in order for the drive to be recognized by HDDErase"

What does this mean? What's IDE?
http://www.kingston.com/us/communit...ata-wiping-sanitize-or-secure-erase-ssds.aspx

IDE is an old type of cable. Newer stuff is usually a thin cable called SATA. Sometimes installers and format utilities have issues with SATA.

 

[essartee4]

So do I have to switch my bios to IDE to format with this utility then switch back to SATA? If so, how do I?

 

[essartee4]

Found it in my BIOS. Right now its set to AHCI, whatever that means.

 

[lucasbytegenius]

So do I have to switch my bios to IDE to format with this utility then switch back to SATA? If so, how do I?

Best way is to Google your motherboard, it depends on the BIOS. Not all BIOS menus are the same.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

You don't have to set it to IDE (compatibility) mode.Just use KILL DISK to erase the entire HDD and then install Windows on it.
Kill disk will recognize your HDD without setting it from SATA (ahci) to IDE (compatibility).