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I will be doing a fresh install/upgrade on my new ssd to windows 8. I want to keep my old hdd for spare storage but contains the old OS (windows 7). Is there anything i need to do to prevent any conflicts between the ssd and hdd and the OS's when I begin the install? Or when formatting the hdd will that clear the OS and any potential conflicts? Or do I need to do a complete wipe of the hdd? Thanks in advance
 
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In Disk Management, you can remove that partition.
Ideally, what I would do is save anything necessary off the whole drive and just reformat the whole thing.
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When you say wipe do you mean a complete wipe using a wipe program? Or just format?
 
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Either.
 
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And by this you mean erase also? Is there any special instructions to clear the partition?
 
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In Disk Management, you can remove that partition.
Ideally, what I would do is save anything necessary off the whole drive and just reformat the whole thing.
 
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Everything I want saved has been saved already. Looks like I'll just reformat the drive. Thanks for the help, you sir are a scholar and a gentleman =)
 
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Bingo. And here is someone who has planned, instead of "auuugghhh! How do I get my stuff back!"

Enjoy your new SSD.
 
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