formatting hard drive help

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by somenewguy, May 25, 2007.

  1. somenewguy

    somenewguy Private E-2

    I recently bought a 500GB SeaGate hard drive to replace my 400GB.

    Is there a way to fully format the 400GB drive and not install an OS on it? I wanted to use the latter as a second drive, without the extra space used to install a OS.
     
    somenewguy, May 25, 2007
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  2. baklogic

    baklogic The Tinkerer

    Start, right click My Computer, manage, disk management, your new drive will shew in the right hand pane.Right click on the new drive, click format.
     
    baklogic, May 25, 2007
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  3. studiot

    studiot MajorGeek

    Hi fella, Welcome to Major Geeks.

    Depending on the manufacturer of your pc the original 400G drive may have a hidden partition with manufacturers recovery data on it.

    Studio T
     
    studiot, May 25, 2007
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