How do I wipe a HHD

[Zic]

So in my PC i have an M.2 and an HHD my OS is on the M.2 and I'm adding a HHD and a optical drive from my dads really old PC in storage and my dad wants the HHD wiped and i was wondering how to just wipe that HHD not my M.2 and other HHD i have windows 10 and heres a website that says how but i dont know if it will wipe all my drives
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000186.htm

Thanks

 

[coozie7]

With the system powered down:
Plug the drive in.
Power up and Windows should recognise the drive and assign it a drive letter.
Assuming all goes well, grab a freebie disc scrubber like Ccleaner: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download install it and use it to wipe the drive.
If the drive does NOT contain any sensitive data you can use the Windows tools to simply format it.

 

[Zic]

I already have CC cleaner but no sensitive data so what should i do

 

[captaincharisma]

I already have CC cleaner but no sensitive data so what should i do

just install the OS the same as you would would install one with nothing on it

 

[Zic]

No I've already built my pc and am adding it

 

[Zic]

Two weeks ago

 

[jaged]

Two weeks ago

If you have the drive installed in a PC as a secondary drive, you could go into drive management and format it.

If you want to use software to clean it, alot of people like dban.org as well.

Check out both options and pick the one that suits you the best.

All the best