stanger Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Ok i just got windows 7 for my puter and i used a extra hard drive to put it on but the hard drive that i had my old xp setup i want to reformat for the new setup for storage so when i start my computer i dont see both verizon to choose from ie xp and 7 i just want it to go to the new setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma# Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 First question: is it detected in Windows already, if yes... you can just right click on the HDD and goto the context option: "Format" that'll take it from there. If it's not detected in Windows, you would need to "initialise it" by typing in "diskmgmt.msc" into run, you'll see your other harddrives and optical drives... find the newly added on and right click on it... there should be an "online" or "initialise" setting. Once that's done you can right click on it again and format. Typically speaking, your brand new OS (Windows 7) will not load the prior Windows unless it's specified in the BCD config file so don't worry about that. If it's not detected by Windows, try re-plugging in the cables and ensure the BIOS as well, detects it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanger Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 thank you it worked. I tried to do that with xp when i was running that and it wouldnt let me do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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