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22 Apr 2012 | #140 |
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The green information box at the top of the tutorial can give you more details on this to help better understand.
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16 Jul 2012 | #141 |
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Hello, and thank you for a very useful and comprehensible tutorial!
I have recently installed a new SSD and now have it up and running with Windows 7. I am now planning to reinstall the old HDD in a secondary slot on my laptop to keep for storage. ![]() You cannot use the clean or clean all diskpart commands on a boot disk (ex: disk Windows 7 is installed on) unless you do it from a command prompt at boot.
I am not sure if I completely understood the difference between "clean" and "clean all". The drive is only about 6 months old, but I just want to wipe it and make a partition for bulk files that won't fit on the SSD. Will a "clean" be sufficient or would "clean all" be a better alternative? The required time isn't really an issue. Warm regards. |
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16 Jul 2012 | #142 |
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Hello Oysarl,
You will be able to run either of them from within the SSD Windows 7 on the HDD. No need to do it at boot. A "Clean" command deletes (marks as deleted) all partitions and files on a HDD and leaves the HDD as "unallocated space" when finished. It doesn't take long to finish. A "Clean All" command does the same thing as "Clean", but will secure erase all partitions and files on the HDD to make sure that they are permanently deleted instead of just marking them as deleted as the "Clean" does. A "Clean All" can take a long time to finish running. For what you described, I would recommend running the "Clean" command. "Clean All" is usually for when you are selling or giving the HDD to another person, and/or you wanted to make sure that nothing can be recovered from the HDD. ![]() Hope this helps, Shawn |
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17 Jul 2012 | #143 |
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Thank you, Brink. That is exactly what I needed to know.
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17 Jul 2012 | #144 |
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You're most welcome Oysarl.
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02 Aug 2012 | #145 |
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
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Hiyya Shawn hav been doing this for sometime now and up to now have not had anything but minor problems but just the last two drives I am trying "make new" have come back as "Bad disk" with that black line.
Mate am I doing something wrong or is the machine telling me it is a dud disk please? Mt next step was to follow Wolfgangs tut on SSD's before using it even if it is an HDD should I be doing that on HDD's or is that really not necessary? John |
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02 Aug 2012 | #146 |
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Hey John,
That doesn't sound good for the HDDs. You might try running Seagate SeaTools on them to test to see if they may be bad (dead/dying) or not. For in Windows 7: How to use SeaTools for Windows For in DOS at Boot: Seatools for DOS tutorial Good luck. I hope they are not bad. ![]() |
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02 Aug 2012 | #147 |
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
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Hey John,
That doesn't sound good for the HDDs. You might try running Seagate SeaTools on them to test to see if they may be bad (dead/dying) or not. For in Windows 7: How to use SeaTools for Windows For in DOS at Boot: Seatools for DOS tutorial Good luck. I hope they are not bad. ![]() John |
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12 Aug 2012 | #148 |
Windows 7 64bitMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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Each time I try to open an Elevated Command Prompt from Accessories/Command and run as administrator, typing Diskpart no disc info.appears. I am running W7 Version.6.1.7601. Any ideas?
Thanks Ton |
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12 Aug 2012 | #149 |
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Hello.
Have a look at the tutorial linked below to make sure you are getting into the command window the right way, then ... DISKPART : At PC Startup |
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