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Using an old HDD

Goot
By Goot
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format or use a disk utility to wipe it. If he has open slots pop it in for back up. Hell I use an 80gb IDE HDD to store stuff 

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11 minutes ago, Goot said:

My buddy is building a PC, and has an old WD 1TB Green HDD. Will that be able to be used on a new build? If yes, will anything need to be done to configure it to work, and should it be wiped clean?

Yes, he can use it on the new build. During the installation of Windows, you can wipe it there when messing with the partitions.

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