Can I use PC while my hard drive formats?

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Mechanics55

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I just rebuilt my PC and installed my SSD. I put in my old hard drive to do a full format so I could re-use it as a data drive. Is it ok to keep using my PC while the drive formats?
 
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Don't see any reason why you shouldn't. If you're doing a quick format, it'll only take a few seconds. If you're doing a full format its going to take a long time, but it shouldn't affect anything or be affected by anything you're doing on the computer.
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Don't see any reason why you shouldn't. If you're doing a quick format, it'll only take a few seconds. If you're doing a full format its going to take a long time, but it shouldn't affect anything or be affected by anything you're doing on the computer.
 
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It's a full format. At this rate it'll be around another hour and a half. And the drive only had 200GB worth of data on it! I'd rather full format just to wipe EVERYTHING, I'm in no hurry.
 
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Yeah then you'll be fine. Depending on the size of the drive it could take a few hours to sometime tomorrow. Also if you are looking to do a full wipe, not just a format, you can look at tools like Boot n Nuke that will do secure wipes.
 
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