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Martell1977
Boot to the Windows 10 setup, then when it asks where to install Windows, format the HDD, it will be the largest partition. The install should be smooth after that.
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there whoa199,

It would be nice to provide some more information on the issue.

Is this a laptop or a desktop?
Is the drive recognized by BIOS? You can check that out.

In case it is not, you can attach it to another system, as Martell1977 suggested. If the issue persists, then the HDD is dead.
Check Disk Management. If it appears over there, you can run some data recovery tool on it.

Let us know how this goes,
D_Know_WD
 
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weberdarren97

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I think I did it right this time. I'm such a failure. :D

I wanted to add that I've had experiences with Dell machines that don't detect drives in BIOS when in fact the drives are fine. This only seems to happen after one of these errors occur. Maybe the motherboard just logs the hard drive as being in error state?
 
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whoa199

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I have installed a new hard drive but the thing is that it's from a hard drive that never worked on my other computer and now it's saying acer what would I have to do change it? Wipe the hard drive or?
 
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I have installed a new hard drive but the thing is that it's from a hard drive that never worked on my other computer and now it's saying acer what would I have to do change it? Wipe the hard drive or? Sorry I'm not very good at this stuff. I'm just working with what I got ATM.
 
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Martell1977

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Does it boot to Windows? When moving a HDD like that, I'd say 99.99% of the time, it wont boot unless the machines are identical or have only minor differences.

If you want it working as it should, a reinstall of Windows is recommended. What version are/were you running?
 
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whoa199

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i downloaded the iso for the dell but when i booted it up it showed what i had on my other computer the acer and windows 7 i would like to know how could i erased that and boot up windows 10. I tried downloading the bios for dell but it didn't let me.
 
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