SSD

[ahafee5]

Hi everyone,

I have an old Samsung 980 EVO Plus 500GB drive from a previous laptop. It currently runs Windows 10 and still contains some outdated files. I'm planning to upgrade my current laptop's storage—it already has a drive with Windows 11 and all my important data. Is there a reliable way to wipe the old drive clean so I can install it as a fresh, secondary drive in my current laptop?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[podkall]

The Windows disk management tool,

 

[ahafee5]

Should I wipe the drive before installing it in my current laptop or after? I'm a bit unsure about the process—could you provide a step-by-step guide to help me out?

[podkall]

7 minutes ago, ahafee5 said:

Should I wipe the drive before installing it in my current laptop or after? I'm a bit unsure about the process—could you provide a step-by-step guide to help me out?

There's nothing wrong with leaving the drive with files and running it as secondary, the files should even work.

 

As long as the main OS drive is on first priority when booting, which it should be by default but you can double check too.

[podkall]

Just now, podkall said:

There's nothing wrong with leaving the drive with files and running it as secondary, the files should even work.

 

As long as the main OS drive is on first priority when booting, which it should be by default but you can double check too.

You can pop the drive in, and wipe it after it's already in your laptop.

[ahafee5]

4 minutes ago, podkall said:

There's nothing wrong with leaving the drive with files and running it as secondary, the files should even work.

 

As long as the main OS drive is on first priority when booting, which it should be by default but you can double check too.

alright thanks

[Timme]

31 minutes ago, ahafee5 said:

Samsung 980 EVO Plus

970?
Did you consider using it as a dedicated OS Drive? It's perfect for the task. What are you upgrading to? 

[ahafee5]

13 hours ago, Timme said:

970?
Did you consider using it as a dedicated OS Drive? It's perfect for the task. What are you upgrading to? 

yeah i ment 970 sorry. my current one is NVMe WD PC SN560-SSDPNQE-1T00-1102 (came with the laptop, 1TB, Read 3,300MB/s Write 2,700 MB/s i think literally couldn't find any specs so i used ChatGPT) i just need more storage for games mainly

[ahafee5]

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[Timme]

33 minutes ago, ahafee5 said:

SN560

 

35 minutes ago, ahafee5 said:

yeah i ment 970 sorry. my current one is NVMe WD PC SN560-SSDPNQE-1T00-1102 (came with the laptop, 1TB, Read 3,300MB/s Write 2,700 MB/s i think literally couldn't find any specs so i used ChatGPT) i just need more storage for games mainly

If so, this 970 is a blessing! Set it as the OS drive and save everything else on the SN560. The former has snappy OS performance, while the latter is a simple SSD for general storage. It's a perfect setup!