Solved Do I have to uninstall a hd before swapping to a new one

[ididntdoit]

Its not my main HDD SSD but I am needing to swap my 2nd spinny drive with a new one, my question is do I first have to go - divice manager- right click the drive and uninstall. Or do i just take it out after turning off and put the new one in its place.
Would the new Hdds drivers be auto installed over the old or would the old drivers still be on the system if I did not first uninstall the hd.
Thanks

 

[fireberd]

Just power off the PC, remove the old drive, install the new drive. When you power on, Windows will detect and install it. The only drivers for internal drives are the default built in Windows drivers.

If it doesn't install you will have to go to Control Panel/System and Security and finally Create and Format Hard disk partitions, to activate the drive.

 

[ididntdoit]

Thank you for your help.
Looks like I should mark this as solved --- that was quick !

 

[ididntdoit]

Ok, so far so good, drivers were installed but the disc is not yet seen in the my computer.
So I go computer/right click/manage go to storage and then this pops up havent read on here anywhere to expect that extra step - do I just carry on with the default that is set (mbr) -worried that it says master boot record when i thought that my ssd was that.
If i choose mbr will that mean that i cannot create partitions later

 

[Layback Bear]

I don't know what a MMR is
Because your disk #1 is less than 2 TB you can choose MBR with no problems.
After the format you will still be able to add new partitions if you so desire.
What it look like to me all you have to do is format Disk #1 and choose a partition letter.

I also suggest not choosing A, B, C, or D.

 

[ididntdoit]

I don't know what a MMR is
Because your disk #1 is less than 2 gb you can choose MBR with no problems.
After the format you will still be a to add new partitions if you so desire.
What it look like to me all you have to do is format Disk #1 and choose a partition letter.

Did you mean to say less than 2TB

 

[Layback Bear]

Yes I did mean less the 2 TB. I will correct my post.
Please when you quote me, do not change anything in my quote.

 

[ididntdoit]

What did I change
A good reminder about the letters not to choose -thanks

 

[Layback Bear]

The blue is not necessary. A quote is not a quote if anything is changed in any way.
Thank you for understanding.

 

[LMiller7]

MBR would be a good choice.

MBR refers not only to the Master boot Record but also to a partitioning scheme. Until the introduction of GPT it was the only Windows partitioning scheme and is still widely used. GPT would be necessary if the drive was larger than 2 TB but otherwise it has no major advantages.

MBR allows up to 4 primary partitions. By using logical partitions you can have more but that is usually not necessary. If you have more than 1 partition there is always the possibility that one becomes too small while others have space to spare. Create as many partitions as necessary, but no more.

 

[ididntdoit]

Thank you LMiller7 that is very helpfull, I will do that

Edit - all done now to see if it all works