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Hey guys, just wondering i have a HDD in my computer atm its my B'day in a few days so im going to get a new one i was going to put this one into my older computer, now i know that to get it to work with the other computer it has to be wiped or re-formated i really have no idea so what do i have to do? and if you could how do it?
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Once you install the old drive in a new system and install the operating system, you will have the option of "formatting" the drive during setup. That's actually mandatory to continue setup. Your drive will then be "wiped" and "prepared" for use in the other PC.

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