Question Wiping old hard drive from laptop to use as extra storage for new laptop.

[juanmiindset]

How would I go about formatting or wiping out my old HDD to use as extra storage for my current laptop. Are there any risk to putting an old HDD on my new laptop?

 

[spencer.cleaves2]

I don't think there is any risk to adding the extra HDD to your laptop, however you may have trouble finding room for it to fit. I know gaming laptops often times leave an empty drive bay in case you need to add some extra storage. as far as wiping your HDD, i would just go through and find all the important files that you need, and delete the rest. What type of laptop is it?

 

[clutchc]

No worries. You don't even need to "wipe" it. It just needs re-formatting. But since it probably has hidden partitions on it from being a boot drive, chances are some data will remain with a simple format.

I would open a Command prompt in admin mode and type "diskpart". Once the cursor reappears, type "list disk". Then see which is the disk you want to wipe/format and type "select disk x" (where x is the number of that disk). Next type "clean". Once done, type "exit" a couple times to back out of the command prompt.
Go to Disk management in Windows and format that disk for use.