[SOLVED] wipe non windows hdd

[emieleke]

hey all.

Im getting new pc parts and i want to fully wipe and reuse my two 1 tb HDD drives and my windows 250 gb SSD . Only problem is that i dont know how to properly wipe the 2 HDD's.
I already know how to wipe my SSD where windows is located.

Much thanks for the help!

 

[USAFRet]

Please show us a screencap of the Disk Management window.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

when you install windows you do a CUSTOM install and then DELETE all the partitions on both drives. then you can have the installer create new partitions on each drive then reinstall windows

but i recommend only having the drive you want the os installed on plugged in, you can always wipe out the HDD once windows is installed on the SSD

 

[USAFRet]

when you install windows you do a CUSTOM install and then DELETE all the partitions on both drives. then you can reinstall windows

With the caveat that all other drives be disconnected during the actual install.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

yeah i edited it above to recommend only having the OS drive connected at install time.

 

[emieleke]

Please show us a screencap of the Disk Management window.

https://imgur.com/B8IifBL

View: https://i.imgur.com/B8IifBL.png


Im guessing this is what you meant?

 

[emieleke]

when you install windows you do a CUSTOM install and then DELETE all the partitions on both drives. then you can have the installer create new partitions on each drive then reinstall windows

but i recommend only having the drive you want the os installed on plugged in, you can always wipe out the HDD once windows is installed on the SSD

Dont really understand what you meant with this... I want to get a clean windows 10 on my ssd by using the "reset this pc" function on windows 10. I just dont understand how to properly wipe my 2 other HDD's.

 

[USAFRet]

Dont really understand what you meant with this... I want to get a clean windows 10 on my ssd by using the "reset this pc" function on windows 10. I just dont understand how to properly wipe my 2 other HDD's.

Thats not a "clean windows 10"

This is...

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Deleted member 14196]

in my experiece, windows reset has NEVER worked for me to solve any issue I have ever encounterd. Best to clean install it as @USAFRet has posted above

resets are mostly nonsense and useless

 

[emieleke]

when you install windows you do a CUSTOM install and then DELETE all the partitions on both drives. then you can have the installer create new partitions on each drive then reinstall windows

but i recommend only having the drive you want the os installed on plugged in, you can always wipe out the HDD once windows is installed on the SSD

ah, so i should first reinstall windows using that tutorial with only my ssd plugged in. And then if thats done plug in both HDD's and delete both the partitions with this window?

https://imgur.com/xBF5NCl

View: https://i.imgur.com/xBF5NCl.png


and this is just gonna wipe everything from these 2 HDD's?

im sorry if im being stupid. I just really dont want to do this wrong lol

 

[Deleted member 14196]

yes! the clean install will wipe the SSD and you can manually wipe the data HDD once you have windows cleanly installed on SSD and you power down and reconnect your HDD, boot into windows and wipe the HDD with Disk Management

 

[USAFRet]

ah, so i should first reinstall windows using that tutorial with only my ssd plugged in. And then if thats done plug in both HDD's and delete both the partitions with this window?

Yes.

 

[emieleke]

yes! the clean install will wipe the SSD and you can manually wipe the data HDD once you have windows cleanly installed on SSD and you power down and reconnect your HDD

Yes.

Thanks both of you! much appreciated