Installing old HDd

[jjohnthedon1]

Hey guys so I took apart a old pc which has a sea gate barracuda with windows 8 on

 

so if I want to use it just as a hdd in my rig do I install it and wipe it ? 

 

Or or will it try and boot windows 8 ? 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Install it, go into BIOS and make sure your current OS drive is at the top of the boot priority, then it will boot into your OS where you can wipe the old HDD and start using it. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just put it in your pc. Should work fine.

[johnny5c]

Your rig should boot from your normal boot drive if that's what selected in the BIOS.

[Naeaes]

It might try and boot the 8 on it.

 

- In your BIOS, you can set the boot order. Once you've installed the secondary HDD, make sure your primary HDD is still the first in line in the boot order. 

- You can also alleviate the issue by installing the HDD in a sata slot with a bigger number. Your primary should be in sata0, but if it's not, move it there and plug this in sata1.

 

In addition to the Windows on what used to be the C:/ partition on the HDD, there's more partitions on it. Most importantly there's a boot sector on it. It's a kind of list of operating systems that the drive provides for the BIOS and that's how BIOS knows where to find the OS. All this means, if you simply format the old C:/ partition, the bootsector will still be there but now it points to nowhere. So you have to remove all partitions on the old drive. So once you get to windows, open disk management and remove all the partitions on the drive, not just the old C:/. Once you've done that, you can create a new partition on the drive and format that. Or use the clean command in diskpart and then format. 

[jjohnthedon1]

Booted to bios saying getting devices ready and been stuck there for ten mins with a circle going round 

[jjohnthedon1]

Fuck it boosted 8

[jjohnthedon1]

48 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

It might try and boot the 8 on it.

 

- In your BIOS, you can set the boot order. Once you've installed the secondary HDD, make sure your primary HDD is still the first in line in the boot order. 

- You can also alleviate the issue by installing the HDD in a sata slot with a bigger number. Your primary should be in sata0, but if it's not, move it there and plug this in sata1.

 

In addition to the Windows on what used to be the C:/ partition on the HDD, there's more partitions on it. Most importantly there's a boot sector on it. It's a kind of list of operating systems that the drive provides for the BIOS and that's how BIOS knows where to find the OS. All this means, if you simply format the old C:/ partition, the bootsector will still be there but now it points to nowhere. So you have to remove all partitions on the old drive. So once you get to windows, open disk management and remove all the partitions on the drive, not just the old C:/. Once you've done that, you can create a new partition on the drive and format that. Or use the clean command in diskpart and then format. 

No mater what order I put the drives in it boots 8 

[jjohnthedon1]

No matter what I set my order too my pc boots windows 8 on a old driver I installed instead of 10 off of the ssd 

boot order is set in bios 

what do I do ?

[jjohnthedon1]

Can I uninstall it boot off of ten then hot install it ?

[BiscuitMassacre]

Can you please clarify exactly what you mean? 

[jools]

delete win 8 of old drive reformat

[jjohnthedon1]

I installed a old hdd with widows 8 into my current pc and it just boots 8 now and not 10 regardless of the boot order

[jjohnthedon1]

6 minutes ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

Can you please clarify exactly what you mean? 

 

[jjohnthedon1]

They both have ten on them 

but I need to format the old one and it's the one that keeps booting 

[paddy-stone]

Use a bootable USB/DVD to format the drive you don't want to boot.

[paddy-stone]

If you need some files off the drive, you can also do it that way. For instance using a linux live USB and then browse the drive you want stuff from and move it to your other drive.

[BiscuitMassacre]

14 minutes ago, jjohnthedon1 said:

I installed a old hdd with widows 8 into my current pc and it just boots 8 now and not 10 regardless of the boot order

Power down the machine. Turn it back on, mashing the f12 and select the drive you want that way.

[jjohnthedon1]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

If you need some files off the drive, you can also do it that way. For instance using a linux live USB and then browse the drive you want stuff from and move it to your other drive.

How can I change my primary boot drive tho ?

[BiscuitMassacre]

1 minute ago, jjohnthedon1 said:

How can I change my primary boot drive tho ?

Boot whilst pressing f12. 

[jjohnthedon1]

1 minute ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

Power down the machine. Turn it back on, mashing the f12 and select the drive you want that way.

 

1 minute ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

Boot whilst pressing f12. 

U the man 

[jjohnthedon1]

2 minutes ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

Boot whilst pressing f12. 

This worked ur a G

[BiscuitMassacre]

Just now, jjohnthedon1 said:

This worked ur a G

Mark it solved so others can get the clearest answer.

[PepsterHD]

3 minutes ago, jjohnthedon1 said:

How can I change my primary boot drive tho ?

Go into your motherboard BIOS by shutting down your machine, then starting it back up and hitting F12 until you see the BIOS. From there you would go to your Boot options (Refer to Mobo manual if you dont know where it is) and set the drive you want to boot off of to #1. 

 

 

[jjohnthedon1]

2 minutes ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

Mark it solved so others can get the clearest answer.

That lets me choose it as a one off tho not set it as perminant