Hard Drive Reset Using Separate Computer

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My grandparent's computer had an issue with the account login. After fixing it many times, the OS (vista. you now feel my pain) finally quit, so now I am trying to do a reset to get rid of the corrupted files. It's an old pre-built micro-ATX computer, so it's difficult to get the hard drive back in, without spending a while trying to line everything back up and slot everything back in, and I have the drive out now, hooked up to a computer that is far superior in every way, so I would like to preform the reset on it instead of waiting for 3 hours for the drive to reset with it's rightful computer. So, I am looking for a software that would allow me to reset the drive. I have recommended to them that they get a new computer, and they are considering it, but they miss their steaming pile of vista, so they want me to reset as a last resort. I'm resetting it anyway. Please, help me with finding this software.
 
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...and I have the drive out now, hooked up to a computer that is far superior in every way, so I would like to preform the reset on it instead of waiting for 3 hours for the drive to reset with it's rightful computer. So, I am looking for a software that would allow me to reset the drive.
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That does not exist.

It needs to be 'reset' or 'reinstalled', in the PC where it will live.
Have you considered that the drive may be dying?
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...and I have the drive out now, hooked up to a computer that is far superior in every way, so I would like to preform the reset on it instead of waiting for 3 hours for the drive to reset with it's rightful computer. So, I am looking for a software that would allow me to reset the drive.
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That does not exist.

It needs to be 'reset' or 'reinstalled', in the PC where it will live.
Have you considered that the drive may be dying?
 
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No it is not that the drive is dying, the OS needs a reset. The drive is fine. thanks for the response.

 
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