format hard drive without windows 7 disc

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by jagastelum01, Aug 25, 2014.

  1. jagastelum01

    jagastelum01 Private E-2

    I would like to know how can I format a hard drive without windows 7 disc.
     
    jagastelum01, Aug 25, 2014
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  2. mdonah

    mdonah Major Geek Extraordinaire

    There are several partitioning tools that can be used. You would need to burn a bootable CD, boot from it and work on the hard drive that way.

    MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable CD is one that many here use. The download link for the ISO file (it must be burned to CD) is at the bottom of the page.
     
    mdonah, Aug 25, 2014
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  3. tjet

    tjet Supersonic Majorgeek

    You are aware that if you format it you will need to install an operating system on it?
     
    tjet, Aug 25, 2014
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Without more info the above info is best options, is this Hard Drive already in a PC, what is the history of what happened and what are you going to install on it, or are you using it as a data (secondary/slave) drive.

    If the drive is not in a PC or can be hooked up to a desktop then you can use that machines OS to format the drive, then place back in original machine, or use as data drive an another desktop.
     
    DavidGP, Aug 26, 2014
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