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How to decommission a HDD/SSD OS drive to just data

John Lenz 1,736 Reputation points
2023-05-25T22:29:59.96+00:00

I have replaced a Windows 10 HDD with a larger drive. I want to use the old OS HDD as pure data. What do I have to do to de-commission the HDD as a bootable drive?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-25T23:36:02.83+00:00

    You can simply delete all partitions, then recreate and format as needed.

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  2. John Lenz 1,736 Reputation points
    2023-05-26T03:36:39.8933333+00:00

    How about the boot record?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-26T12:28:04.14+00:00

    You could also use diskpart to clean the disk.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/clean

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  4. Docs 16,226 Reputation points
    2023-05-28T08:10:56.41+00:00

    This link may be useful:

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/85819-erase-disk-using-diskpart-clean-command-windows-10-a.html

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