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How can I delete all info on HDD #2 and use it only for storage?
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Posted by: SK22BB
Ok I'm using Win XP home edition, I ran out of room on my main HDD. I was in luck that I had another HDD from one of my old PC's. I have this in my PC, on the 1st IDE cable i'm running my main HDD as master and my CD-DVD/Rom as slave. Then on my 2nd IDE Cable, I have the old HDD set as master and my CD-W set as slave. I can see both HDD's in My Computer. But I would like to delete all data that is stored on the 2nd HDD and only use the 2nd HDD for storage, and use my 1st HDD to run my OS. Any info would we great, thanks.
Posted by: redwench
just partition and format it, nothing special needed.
Posted by: SK22BB
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Originally Posted by redwench
just partition and format it, nothing special needed.
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I would does this even though the 2nd HDD is partitioned already to fat32?
Posted by: redwench
sure, you can leave it fat32 or change it to ntfs. but if youre going to wipe it, its probably best to redo the partitions regardless.
Posted by: SK22BB
Thank you.
Posted by: uh...ok
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Originally Posted by SK22BB
I would does this even though the 2nd HDD is partitioned already to fat32?
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If backwards compatibility (with Windows 98) isn't important to you, partition it to NTFS - it's got better performance and reliability.
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