[SOLVED] Adding a Used, Secondary Hard Drive

[yurithmetics]

Hello, I am currently using an SSD as my only storage right now and would like to add another hard drive. However, my hard drive already has Windows and other files on it and I'm afraid if I plug in both the SSD and Hard Drive at the same time, a problem may occur between the two separate drives. I would like to wipe my hard drive clean and have it be like new, while keeping the stuff that I have on my SSD right now. How can I do this? Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Assuming your BIOS boot order is correct and the system does not try to boot from the old HDD, you can wipe it clean with no issue.

Commandline function diskpart and the clean command wipes the whole drive in one shot.

How to Diskpart Erase/Clean a Drive Through the Command Prompt | Support Seagate US

This article explains the Microsoft Diskpart Erase utility. The command that erases the drive during this process is "Clean". In this article "Clean" and erase are used interchangeably. Cleaning or erasing a storage device removes all data and partitions from the drive.

www.seagate.com

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10

Just be absolutely sure which drive you are accessing when you do this.

 

[yurithmetics]

Assuming your BIOS boot order is correct and the system does not try to boot from the old HDD, you can wipe it clean with no issue.

Commandline function diskpart and the clean command wipes the whole drive in one shot.

How to Diskpart Erase/Clean a Drive Through the Command Prompt | Support Seagate US

This article explains the Microsoft Diskpart Erase utility. The command that erases the drive during this process is "Clean". In this article "Clean" and erase are used interchangeably. Cleaning or erasing a storage device removes all data and partitions from the drive.

www.seagate.com

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10

Just be absolutely sure which drive you are accessing when you do this.

Thanks, I appreciate it