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How do I get rid of this old hard drive in my machine?

Fresh5 days ago

Mar 15, 2026635 views

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I bought it about 5 years ago and it came bundled with Windows Vista. When Windows 7 launched, I waited a bit then realized it would rock with an SSD. So I bought an SSD and added it as my primary SATA drive (set in BIOS) then installed Windows 7 from the CD I bought. I didn't wipe my old HD and ke…

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Chances are that the boot sector is on the drive. Pop that drive out, pop in your windows 7 DVD or recovery disk, and select system recovery, and the startup repair mode to fix it. If that works, then you can nuke the old hard drive

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How do I get rid of this old hard drive in my machine?

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