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Reformatting / Cleaning Drive?

Migit
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Hey, one of my mates was having troubles with his old gaming rig so he bought a new one and has given me the old one to fix (if possible) and return so he can give it to his brother.

I was able to get it into a stable running condition. But he removed all the hard drives leaving only the SSD in this PC. So on startup the PC gives a heap of errors as E://"insert program here" can not be found.

I was thinking just getting a clean install of windows for him would be best. But I'm not certain on how to do it safety on an SSD as I believe a complete reformat isn't recommended for them?

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1 minute ago, Migit said:

I was thinking just getting a clean install of windows for him would be best. But I'm not certain on how to do it safety on an SSD as I believe a complete reformat isn't recommended for them?

Might as well just frame the SSD and hang it on a wall lol

They are DESIGNED to be used

 

Its perfectly fine to reformat an SSD and reinstall windows.

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1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Might as well just frame the SSD and hang it on a wall lol

They are DESIGNED to be used

 

Its perfectly fine to reformat an SSD and reinstall windows.

Okay thanks, I wasn't sure why, but I just thought I read it once.

And figured safer to ask, than just do it and have to replace the drive

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upon installation of windows, choose custom setting and wipe the disc from there

you can also create partition and what not, then install on the partition you want lol

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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