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KillerWolf17
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7 minutes ago, KillerWolf17 said:

now to find my other SATA cable... but how do I wipe it?

What would be simplest is to just use a USB adapter. You could also plug it into a different SATA port on your PC motherboard and power connector on your PSU.

 

If you want to wipe it, simply format it by right-clicking it in Windows Explorer and clicking Format. If you uncheck Quick Format, it'll also zero out all of the data where it would otherwise be potentially recoverable. You can also do this from Disk Management.

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3 minutes ago, Kavawuvi said:

What would be simplest is to just buy a USB adapter. You could also plug it into a different SATA port on your PC motherboard and power connector on your PSU. Or one could buy a USB adapter, as well.

 

If you want to wipe it, simply format it by right-clicking it in Windows Explorer and clicking Format. If you want to remove (nearly) all traces of data on it and zero out all of the data, you can uncheck Quick Format. You can also do this from Disk Management.

what I'm worried about is the fact that my HDD has windows 10 and the SSD has windows 7, will it give me the option to boot with my HDD?

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2 minutes ago, KillerWolf17 said:

what I'm worried about is the fact that my HDD has windows 10 and the SSD has windows 7, will it give me the option to boot with my HDD?

Most motherboards default to booting to the first bootable SATA device by checking the SATA ports in sequential order (SATA0, SATA1, SATA2...). If you're concerned it won't behave like this, most motherboards also have an option to change this boot order or even boot to a specific device without changing the boot order.

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6 minutes ago, Kavawuvi said:

What would be simplest is to just use a USB adapter. You could also plug it into a different SATA port on your PC motherboard and power connector on your PSU.

 

If you want to wipe it, simply format it by right-clicking it in Windows Explorer and clicking Format. If you uncheck Quick Format, it'll also zero out all of the data where it would otherwise be potentially recoverable. You can also do this from Disk Management.

Though a quick caveat for the non-quick formatting process: It will take a long time.

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3 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Though a quick caveat for the non-quick formatting process: It will take a long time.

SSDs are generally much, much faster about this than hard drives, but yes, it can still take a few hours or longer depending on the size of the drive as well as the write speed to the drive.

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30 minutes ago, KillerWolf17 said:

My friend is paying me to wipe his 120gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD with Windows 7 on it.

 

How do I go about doing that, should I just unplug my personal HDD and plug in just the SSD with the SATA?

Will this mess with my hardware?

 

thanks

 

 

You should just use disk manager to do that.

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Formatting and quick formatting still leave data behind. Please use diskpart to run "clean all".

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Just now, KillerWolf17 said:

Oh boy

 

Just leave the SSD suspended in mid-air. Think of it as a glitch in Assassin's Creed.

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2 minutes ago, KillerWolf17 said:

Lol ok

Please run diskpart with a "clean all override" if you're selling the drive.

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1 hour ago, KillerWolf17 said:

This good?

 

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Yes.

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