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Building A Gaming Computer

#41 allenxyooj

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 10:52 AM

I just got my new HDD and I have another HDD from my old computer. What I want to do is reformat my old HDD and clean install Windows 7 on it and use my new HDD for just storing various types of data. How would I go about this?

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 01:12 PM

allenxyooj, on 21 February 2012 - 10:52 AM, said:

You didn't say what each was, but personally I would install the New Hdd and then install the OS and Drivers. Once that is done, then I would install the old one and reformat it and use it for storage. That would depend on the Hdds though to some extent.

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 05:26 PM

In Windows 7 setup, you can format the drives and such. Also, I would recommend using the new drive for the OS, because it's likely faster than the old one (speed doesn't matter too much with data storage, but it does for the system drive).

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 06:02 PM

You dont need to buy a 750W PSU for your set up. 650 should be fine.

#45 allenxyooj

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 06:20 PM

Is there a way to format the drive without going through the Windows 7 setup again?

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 06:25 PM

Formatting the old drive? Sure, open 'computer' and right-click the drive, format. If the OS isn't installed, try the gparted live CD (specifically for partitioning and such) or a ubuntu live CD (more general linux distro).

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#47 allenxyooj

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 06:43 PM

How would I install a new HDD other than the computer recognizing it? It picked up and install the new HDD but when I open up "computer" the drive is not there.

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 06:47 PM

Maybe it's not formatted. Click start, type diskmgmt.msc, and you can format it there. If you get a wizard about initializing the disk, do so.

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 11:05 PM

Should I do:

New Simple Volume

New Spanned Volume

New Striped Volume

New Mirror Volume

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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:30 AM

Simple Volume

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