I want to use my HDD as a Storage Drive with no OS in it! How can I go about doing that?

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Mixalhs212

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How can I wipe everything from my HDD and use it as a storage drive only with no OS in it? Should I use the standard format option that windows provides or some other method? Thanks
 
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D_Know_WD
All of this could happen when you install OS on your primary drive(SSD in your case), while another one is attached to the system(HDD).
This is why, when performing a clean OS install, only one drive should be attached to the system.
There is a chance that the HDD is failing.(resulting in overall system unresponsiveness). This is why, it may be a good idea to test the drive: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
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Hi there Mixalhs212,

I believe this is attached as a secondary drive right?
Well, you can just go to Disk Management and repartition and reformat it. Keep in mind that you need to back up all the data stored on it after that.
If you are having some difficulties with that, you can use some third party HDD wiping tool. Check this one for example: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1711997/software-wipe-hdds.html
This process will fill in zero value in each sector of the drive. The data would be unrecoverable.

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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Ok this is gonna be a long post but bear with me
Sometime ago my computer came up with a problem and froze randomly.What happened or what I believe happened is that BOOTMGR was somehow moved from my SSD to my secondary HDD and it just booted windows from my SSD and the bootmgr file from my HDD (don't even know if such thing is possible).As you may imagine that made my PC from fast to ultra-slow and got on my nerves.I checked disk management and changed the Boot from HDD to SSD but I did something wrong and it couldn't start.After 4 hours today I managed with a program called Partition Magic to fix the damn thing.Now it doesn't read my HDD at all,not even in disk management.

Update: Turns out that the Sata cable disconnected while I was changing my SSD's ports ( PC Case really small).But still I connected it and the start up got slower again. I am formatting right now,is it possible that the HDD is loading the window files somehow?
 
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D_Know_WD

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All of this could happen when you install OS on your primary drive(SSD in your case), while another one is attached to the system(HDD).
This is why, when performing a clean OS install, only one drive should be attached to the system.
There is a chance that the HDD is failing.(resulting in overall system unresponsiveness). This is why, it may be a good idea to test the drive: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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