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Windows 7 - Erasing Hard Drives (without third party)

 
06-08-2011   #1


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Erasing Hard Drives (without third party)

Hi all,
I have a desktop and have 2 hard drives 1 is running Windows 7 and 1 is running Windows Vista. I would like to completely erase the hard drive so there is no operating system on it (the Vista drive). I would still like to store files on it. I have looked out there on google but I would not like to use third-party software.

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06-08-2011   #2


Win7 Home Premium x64 SP1/Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64
 
 


Have a look here jhansen965 Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command

Danny
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06-08-2011   #3


7 Ultimate x64
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by jhansen965 View Post
Hi all,
I have a desktop and have 2 hard drives 1 is running Windows 7 and 1 is running Windows Vista. I would like to completely erase the hard drive so there is no operating system on it (the Vista drive). I would still like to store files on it. I have looked out there on google but I would not like to use third-party software.
You can use your Windows 7 DVD to delete the Vista partition. Once done, boot back to Windows then use disk management to format the drive.
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06-08-2011   #4


Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8
 
 


If you are dual booting, this tutorial will help.
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