Question How to reformat your hdd

[Jaysonthesupercute]

So hi its me again. I just finished installing my windows on gigabyte ssd240gb. And now I want to delete all of my files and my o.s on hdd so that my pc will be fresh as new.
but I dont know how. Can you help me ?

 

[HollyMarijuanna]

If your booting from the SSD, in File Explorer, go to This PC, and right click your HDD and select 'format'.

 

[Jaysonthesupercute]

If your booting from the SSD, in File Explorer, go to This PC, and right click your HDD and select 'format'.

wait both ssd and hdd has an O.S. Is it okay to use it both??

 

[USAFRet]

If your booting from the SSD, in File Explorer, go to This PC, and right click your HDD and select 'format'.

That does NOT remove all the old stuff. It leaves behind the original boot partition, which you do not see in "This PC".
Commandline function diskpart, and the clean command.

 

[USAFRet]

wait both ssd and hdd has an O.S. Is it okay to use it both??

You don't want an OS on both drives.

 

[USAFRet]

So hi its me again. I just finished installing my windows on gigabyte ssd240gb. And now I want to delete all of my files and my o.s on hdd so that my pc will be fresh as new.
but I dont know how. Can you help me ?

When you installed the OS on the new SSD, was the old HDD still connected?

Please show us a screencap of your current Disk Management window.

 

[Jaysonthesupercute]

You don't want an OS on both drives.

You don't want an OS on both drives.

No I mean I successfully downloaded my o,s on ssd. Now how to delete ALL of my FILES on hdd?

 

[USAFRet]

No I mean I successfully downloaded my o,s on ssd. Now how to delete ALL of my FILES on hdd?

Screencap of your Disk Management window first, please.

 

[Umeed]

As USAFRet mentioned, a screenshot of your disk management would be helpful.

In case you're unsure of where to find it, I'm assuming you're using Windows 10, if so right click start menu and click on Disk Management.