Cloned HD to SSD successfully (both still have ID OS). SSD has issues, need to boot from HD to wipe SSD before I replace it

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ahorvath91

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Hello,

I have a Dell Inspiron i7559 laptop (https://www.amazon.com/Dell-15-6-Inch-Quad-Core-i5-6300HQ-Processor/dp/B015PYZ0J6?th=1) which came with a 1 TB HDD + 8 GB SSD Hybrid Drive.

My first upgrade was to add in a SSD (Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB - M.2 SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-N5E500BW)) and clone my OS onto it/boot from the SSD. This was successful and completed using samsungs magician software. I've since had some purely hardware issues with the SSD and am going to get a replacement from Samsung to try again.

So, what I need to do it boot from the HDD (which I hadn't formatted, so if I remove the SSD and turn on the PC it will successfully boot from the HDD) and erase the SSD without my computer trying to boot from the SSD in the first place. I know I could likely just send it in, but it has my personal info on it and I'd rather clear it before sending in.

Thank you for all your help!
 
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First of all, this assumes that the system will boot to the OS and properly function without the cloned SSD installed. Make absolutely certain of that.

If that is so, there would seem to be no reason that you could not install the SSD as a SECONDARY drive (either internally if feasible) or as an external USB device and simply format the SSD. or preferably the Samsung Magician program to Secure Erase the disk. I'm sure this must have occurred to you so I'm wondering if there's a reason why you raised this question.
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ArtPog

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First of all, this assumes that the system will boot to the OS and properly function without the cloned SSD installed. Make absolutely certain of that.

If that is so, there would seem to be no reason that you could not install the SSD as a SECONDARY drive (either internally if feasible) or as an external USB device and simply format the SSD. or preferably the Samsung Magician program to Secure Erase the disk. I'm sure this must have occurred to you so I'm wondering if there's a reason why you raised this question.
 
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ahorvath91

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Thanks for the reply. I forgot to take this down. I wasn't sure how to change the boot order itself in bios. Eventually got it to boot from the HDD instead of SSD and then reformatted as you said.

 
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