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Howdy everyone. So I recently installed a 256 ssd into my HP gaming PC (690-0020). The steps I have taken are as follows:
I unplugged my HDD and plugged in my SSD.
Installed windows and it is functioning.
Updated all drivers and even had to do a HP bios update.

This is where I’m stuck. I have yet to install my HDD again as it still has data on it similar to what I installed on my SSD( windows and a few games). What method should I use to install and wipe this drive without confusing my drives. Note that I can’t get into bios on startup, as I have to go into control panel, recovery, and then bios. So normally I would boot into bios and make sure boot order is correct and then wipe the second drive. Is there any way I should go about this to assure both drives don’t try and pull data on startup. Also what is the best method for cleaning. The drive. I have been using diskpart in command window and cleaning. Thank in advance for any input.
 
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jojesa
Right-click on This PC and select Manage, on the left column click Disk Management.
On the right side right-click over the partition you want to delete (below the blue section) and choose Delete Volume... then format the partition.
This is safe, since Windows won't allow you to delete or format the Windows main disk

You could perform the same task using Diskpart in the Command Prompt.
Open a command prompt as administrator.
Type diskpart hit Enter
Type list disk hit Enter. You will see a list of the disk on you PC.
Type select disk # (replace # with the number on the disk you want to format) hit Enter.
WARNING: The next step will delete all data on the selected disk.
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Right-click on This PC and select Manage, on the left column click Disk Management.
On the right side right-click over the partition you want to delete (below the blue section) and choose Delete Volume... then format the partition.
This is safe, since Windows won't allow you to delete or format the Windows main disk

You could perform the same task using Diskpart in the Command Prompt.
Open a command prompt as administrator.
Type diskpart hit Enter
Type list disk hit Enter. You will see a list of the disk on you PC.
Type select disk # (replace # with the number on the disk you want to format) hit Enter.
WARNING: The next step will delete all data on the selected disk.
Type clean hit Enter
Type create partition primary hit Enter.
Type select partition 1 hit Enter
Type format fs=ntfs quick hit Enter
Type active hit Enter
Type exit hit Enter and close the Command prompt window.
 
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