- Nov 26, 2013
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My former PC running Windows XP died due to a failed proprietary power supply unit. I am taking the former internal C: and D: HDDs and installing them in my new PC running Windows 7 as a second and third internal HDDs. I see the old D: drive installed as the new local disk D: and I have no concerns with that transfer. The old C: is now listed as drive F: and can access the data files from that HDD. I backed up the files I wish to keep from the former C: now F: HDD so I am not concerned about losing any data on this transplanted HDD. But the former C: now F: HDD retained the original partition reserved for Windows XP. How do I reformat the former C: now F: HDD to eliminate the original partition so I can access the full size of the HDD for storage? I tried the CMD, Disk Part, List Volume and see Volume=0/Ltr=F/Label=former/Fs=NTFS/Type=Simple, V1/G///DVD-ROM, V2//System/NTFS/Partition, V3/C/Windows/NTFS/Partition, V4/D/Local Disk/NTFS/Partition, and V5/H/WD My Book/NTFS/Partition. I am not certain which volume to select to clean and reformat the HDD as a single partition. Would I select Clean for Volume 0? Or would this only clean the allocated section of the former C: now F: HDD, leaving me with the same reserved partition? When I am done, I just want it to be a third local disk F: with access to the full size of the drive.
Update 11/27: I found I could list drive, select drive, list partition to find the correct partition or volume. Then used delete partition override to allow the partition to be deleted using disk management.
This problem is solved.
Update 11/27: I found I could list drive, select drive, list partition to find the correct partition or volume. Then used delete partition override to allow the partition to be deleted using disk management.
This problem is solved.
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