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 How
to format your spare hard drive in Windows
By Mitz
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Computer Tips
When
upgrading your hard drive, you should hang on to your old one because a
spare hard drive can be used for extra storage purposes.
To
format your spare hard drive it must be attached to a computer in one way or
another. It could be installed into your computer as a slave drive, or you
can place it in an internal hard drive case.
Reasons why you would want to format your
spare hard drive
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To clean the hard drive of all previous
information and start a fresh.
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To recycle an old hard drive to use for
storage.
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To get rid of corrupted files or viruses.
If your hard drive is not attached to
anything
Once your spare hard drive is installed in some
way, it can be formatted from Windows XP or Vista.
If the spare hard drive is in attached in
your computer as storage
If your hard drive is attached to your computer
as a second hard drive, it is very easy to format. Because it does not hold
the operating system, we can format it from My Computer.
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Go to the start menu at the
bottom left of your desktop.
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Choose My Computer for Windows
XP or Computer for Windows Vista.
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Right click on the hard drive
you want to format.
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Please double check that you
have the right hard drive.
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Choose Format from the menu.
All data will be lost. The hard drive will be like brand new.
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After choosing to format you will be
asked to reconfirm your decision.
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