What if i used a wiped hard drive in a new PC build?

[Splooge]

Hello World,

I am planning to build a Gaming PC and i really don't want to spend too much on it, its already 500 dollars. And i 250GB hard drive costs over 250 dollars!! I wanted to use my old drive (obviously completely wipe the hard drive first) and put it in my new build and install Windows 7 on it?

My current and not wiped yet drive has Windows Vista 32 Bit on it, and i want to wipe it and use it in my new PC build and install windows 7 on it. What should i do?

 

[azathoth]

Just format it, and use it.

Simple as that

 

[Splooge]

So basically do this:

Reformat current drive, put in custom PC
Put in Windows 7 DVD in the CD Drive
Install Windows 7
Done?

 

[Splooge]

Just format it, and use it.

Simple as that

So basically do this:

Reformat current drive, put in custom PC
Put in Windows 7 DVD in the CD Drive
Install Windows 7
Done?

 

[mbreslin1954]

You don't need to format it before putting it in your custom PC. Early in the Windows 7 install process it will give you a chance to format it before installation occurs. Very easy.

 

[ss202sl]

^+1 just put it in the new pc, and boot the Win 7 disk.

 

[DarkSable]

I am planning to build a Gaming PC and i really don't want to spend too much on it, its already 500 dollars. And i 250GB hard drive costs over 250 dollars!!?

How in the world is a 250GB hard drive $250? Were you looking at an SSD? Because a 1024GB HARD DRIVE is about eighty bucks.

 

[johnbl]

Hello World,

I am planning to build a Gaming PC and i really don't want to spend too much on it, its already 500 dollars. And i 250GB hard drive costs over 250 dollars!! I wanted to use my old drive (obviously completely wipe the hard drive first) and put it in my new build and install Windows 7 on it?

My current and not wiped yet drive has Windows Vista 32 Bit on it, and i want to wipe it and use it in my new PC build and install windows 7 on it. What should i do?

Do a full format on the drive (not a quick format)
This will mark bad sectors as bad and put down new sector markers.
It make take several hours to do a full format, (more, if there are lots of bad spots)

 

[The-Darkening]

How in the world is a 250GB hard drive $250? Were you looking at an SSD? Because a 1024GB HARD DRIVE is about eighty bucks.

It always depends where he is from. Here a 1024 GB drive costs 140 dollars.

But maybe you're right.

 

[DarkSable]

^Sure, but... if hard drives are that expensive, wouldn't a computer be more than $500?