Want to wipe my hard drive for use on a new computer

[Omar Ziad]

I have a 1TB hard drive with windows 7 installed in my computer, How can i wipe it clean from the computer it is installed on and prepare it for a new computer as a primary hard drive where i'll install windows 8.1?

 

[runswindows95]

The Windows disc will have a format option during the option. You can wipe it then. If you want to wipe it before even installing Windows, you can use Gparted or a live Linux CD, such as Ubuntu, to wipe it:

Gparted: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/

Xubuntu - I prefer this interface over Ubuntu - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/