Erasing Hard Drives (without third party)

[jhansen965]

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.

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

Have a look here jhansen965 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

Danny

 

[Fumz]

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.

 

[essenbe]

If you are dual booting, this tutorial will help.