What would happen ? - Hard drive question

[Woji__]

Hey so i currently have a 120gb ssd and i kinda need more space , i have an old hard drive with windows on it and a lot of stuff on it , i took everything i wanted to it but it wont let me format it ? i tried this "NUKE" or something like that option which was like a formation tool or something and it didnt do anything , i tried everything and it just doesnt seem to work , i have the old pc but its really slow , is it possible for me to just plug in the old hard drive into this new pc and format it from this pc without doing anything to my ssd ?

 

[Matt_150]

Yes you can, just make sure your ssd is set as the first boot device and you will be able to format the other drive with disk management.

 

[USAFRet]

Hey so i currently have a 120gb ssd and i kinda need more space , i have an old hard drive with windows on it and a lot of stuff on it , i took everything i wanted to it but it wont let me format it ? i tried this "NUKE" or something like that option which was like a formation tool or something and it didnt do anything , i tried everything and it just doesnt seem to work , i have the old pc but its really slow , is it possible for me to just plug in the old hard drive into this new pc and format it from this pc without doing anything to my ssd ?

In the new PC, that should work just fine.
In the old PC, Windows wouldn't let you cause it to nuke itself.
That's like having someone cut their own head off. You can't do it.

 

[Woji__]

Okay thanks , how would i make sure my ssd is set as the first boot device ? i dont really understand the BIOS that much ?

 

[Matt_150]

There will be an option that will something like boot priority, you will set it to be first there.