Formatting Internal Laptop Hardisk Externally
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If it is a sata drive you can get a cheap USB enclosure for it and format it easily.
My Computer
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- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
- OS
- Win 8 Release candidate 8400
- Memory
- 4 gigs
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia 9600M
- Sound Card
- HD built-in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" Wxga
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Cooling
- none
- Internet Speed
- 45Mb down 5Mb up
Hi,
when you say you have the case, I think you mean an external drive enclosure.
In that case, you can connect the drive to the USB port and it will show up as a removable drive in explorer. Just right click on the drive and select format.
Here is a tutorial for formatting the drive
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/168358-format-hdd-usb.html
Warning: All the information in that drive will be erased/removed.
when you say you have the case, I think you mean an external drive enclosure.
In that case, you can connect the drive to the USB port and it will show up as a removable drive in explorer. Just right click on the drive and select format.
Here is a tutorial for formatting the drive
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/168358-format-hdd-usb.html
Warning: All the information in that drive will be erased/removed.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, D...Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3...4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAMATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache)
- Motherboard
- Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced
- Memory
- 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB
- Sound Card
- SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.4-inch WXGA anti-glare (1280 x 800 resolution)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 800
- Hard Drives
- 500GB + 1TB
- Mouse
- Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad, USB Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 4 Mbps
- Antivirus
- MSE
- Browser
- Firefox, Chrome, IE
- Other Info
- Authentec AES2810 Fingerprint Reader
zigzag3143
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If you do not need any data off that drive you can simply delete the partitions using something like Aesus partition manager (free trial), or Parigon disk suite (free trial) to delete the partitions and create one larger one.
My Computer
At a glance
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
- OS
- Win 8 Release candidate 8400
- Memory
- 4 gigs
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia 9600M
- Sound Card
- HD built-in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" Wxga
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Cooling
- none
- Internet Speed
- 45Mb down 5Mb up
If you want to keep both the partitions, then you can format the two partitions individually one after the other.
if you want to remove the partitions and make them a single partition, then refer to these tutorials on deleting partitions and extending partitions.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2668-partition-volume-delete.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html
EDIT: You are faster than me Ken
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, D...Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3...4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAMATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache)
- Motherboard
- Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced
- Memory
- 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB
- Sound Card
- SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.4-inch WXGA anti-glare (1280 x 800 resolution)
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 800
- Hard Drives
- 500GB + 1TB
- Mouse
- Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad, USB Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 4 Mbps
- Antivirus
- MSE
- Browser
- Firefox, Chrome, IE
- Other Info
- Authentec AES2810 Fingerprint Reader
