Tomorrow I am getting a new PC and I am keeping my hard drive and SSD to put into that. I have a USB with Windows on it that I am installing from, but I want to wipe the SSD before I install the OS. I was told I can do this from the bios when I start my new PC but I dont know how. Can someone help please?
How To Wipe My SSD From BIOS?
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SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome to the Community, @ELAEL_!
Since you will be clean installing Windows onto the SSD, I'd strongly recommend you unplug the secondary hard drive from the system, until the installation has completed. This will avoid the potential OS Confusion that occurs when you have more than 1 destination SATA device connected to the motherboard.
During the Windows installation process, you will be given the option to re-format the SSD. There's no way to do it through the BIOS interface.
If you need more detailed step-by-step instructions, I'd recommend you check this tutorial on Windows Install & Optimization for SSDs & HDDs.
Hope it helps you! Keep me posted if you have more questions!
SuperSoph_WD
Since you will be clean installing Windows onto the SSD, I'd strongly recommend you unplug the secondary hard drive from the system, until the installation has completed. This will avoid the potential OS Confusion that occurs when you have more than 1 destination SATA device connected to the motherboard.
During the Windows installation process, you will be given the option to re-format the SSD. There's no way to do it through the BIOS interface.
If you need more detailed step-by-step instructions, I'd recommend you check this tutorial on Windows Install & Optimization for SSDs & HDDs.
Hope it helps you! Keep me posted if you have more questions!
SuperSoph_WD
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