Laptop HDD in Desktop

[wienerslinky]

alright. so i got a laptop from my parents a while ago, and it is really crappy. intel celeron, intel HD graphics etc. but it has a 1TB HDD (hot damn) and i thought: i dont use that laptop, is there any way to clean the hdd and use it in my custom built dekstop? now, i know it is possible since my case supports 2.5'' drives for ssd's or just smaller HDD's, but, my pc runs windows 10, and the laptop windows 8.1. how do i completely wipe the HDD so that it would be like brand new. so no data at all on it? no drivers, no windows, no files. i mean, and extra 1TB of storage seems nice to me, you know what i mean?

 

[wienerslinky]

also note:i already have an HDD in my desktop so i dont need to install an OS or something. it is just for extra storage basicly. would that be possible?

 

[jasonkaler]

Just plug it into your desktop and use disk manager in windows to format it.
It's no only possible but happens all the time.

 

[3ogdy]

Assuming the hard disk drive is SATA (I doubt there are many 1TB IDE drives out there, if any), you could just remove it from your laptop, then use a SATA data cable + the SATA power cable from your desktop PSU to connect it to your desktop. Boot your desktop PC normally and you'll find the laptop HDD partitions under My PC. You could then go to Start-> right click on Computer-> Manage->Storage->Disk Management-> select your laptop HDD and right click on every partition it has to format it -make sure you select the right HDD and not partitions from your desktop hard drive(s).

You could even make the whole drive a single partition from that same window.
Example of a SATA data cable:

 

[wienerslinky]

Assuming the hard disk drive is SATA (I doubt there are many 1TB IDE drives out there, if any), you could just remove it from your laptop, then use a SATA data cable + the SATA power cable from your desktop PSU to connect it to your desktop. Boot your desktop PC normally and you'll find the laptop HDD partitions under My PC. You could then go to Start-> right click on Computer-> Manage->Storage->Disk Management-> select your laptop HDD and right click on every partition it has to format it -make sure you select the right HDD and not partitions from your desktop hard drive(s).

You could even make the whole drive a single partition from that same window.
Example of a SATA data cable:

i did. it was surprisingly easy. i just screwed it in my SSD tray and connected it through sata (and yes, it was 1000GB, actually 960 but close) and it just showed up like a USB. i formatted it and done.