HDD Master Boot Record (MBR) - How important to delete this?


  1. lister
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    HDD Master Boot Record (MBR) - How important to delete this?


    If I want to completely erase my SSD (which is a bit of a mess) how and should I also erase the HDD Master Boot Record (MBR)?

    I dual boot so I guess the MBR is important right?

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  3. lister
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    I guess this is how: Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
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