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| Thread ID: 135970 | 2014-01-04 22:03:00 | Reformatting Slave | Psyberwolf (17219) | Press F1 |
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| 1364278 | 2014-01-04 22:03:00 | A little while back my 2nd computer died so I decided that I would install the old hard drive (Western Digital), with a full WinXP installation on it, in my current machine as a slave drive. My question: Can I completely reformat the slave drive to wipe it clean of the OS and use it as a clean empty drive while it is installed as a slave? If so, what are the steps to do it without screwing up the master drive or make the slave drive useless? Many thanks in advance! Psyberwolf |
Psyberwolf (17219) | ||
| 1364279 | 2014-01-04 22:15:00 | If you want to leave the slave empty, so you can download whatever to it. Connect it to the current PC as a slave (make sure to jumper it as slave, if its IDE) boot into Windows, then go to control panel / admin tools (whatever the new OS is) Computer Management / Disk Management. Highlight the slave then do a quick format |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1364280 | 2014-01-04 22:37:00 | Another way to format the slave drive, once its connected, double click My Computer or Computer Depending on OS, then right click the Slave drive / Format you'll get a warning, just carry on and the slave drive will be wiped / re formatted. | wainuitech (129) | ||
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