windows installation disc and can it format an old hard drive, plus reinstall windows 7?

Alex_The_God

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First PC ever built - I just set up all the hardware for my new computer, Motherboard, Graphics card, Processor and what not but i want to use my hard drive from my old computer and forgot to format it, plus my cd drive in my old computer broke for reasons.

basically what Im asking is can i use the windows installation disc in my new computer to automatically format the old hard drive, and reinstall windows - can it be done?