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Imaginary Friend
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so? boot from your windows installer and FORMAT IT.

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Just now, Imaginary Friend said:

but i have windows on it...

 

so create instillation media on a flashdrive, back up the important files then wipe the ssd

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19 minutes ago, Imaginary Friend said:

but i have windows on it...

 

Not sure I understand then, your original question was how to remove Windows from the SSD ... so how is having Windows on it a problem?

 

If you want to clear your SSD and remove Windows, easiest and fastest way is to format.

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4 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

Not sure I understand then, your original question was how to remove Windows from the SSD ... so how is having Windows on it a problem?

 

If you want to clear your SSD and remove Windows, easiest and fastest way is to format.

ok let me explain. so i have windows 10 on my 250gb ssd and i want to erase that ssd completely so i wondered if i connect my other 120gb ssd to the pc with windows 10 too. will i be able to erase everything with the computer manager from my 120gb ssd?

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1 minute ago, Imaginary Friend said:

ok let me explain. so i have windows 10 on my 250gb ssd adn i want to erase that ssd completely so i wondered if i connect my other 120gb ssd to the pc with windows 10 too. will i be able to erase everything with the computer manager from my 120gb ssd?

Yes, but are you re-using the SSD you will be formatting in that new build you mentioned?

 

If so, you're complicating things, when you're ready to install Windows, you can format through the install process.

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2 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

Yes, but are you re-using the SSD you will be formatting in that new build you mentioned?

 

If so, you're complicating things, when you're ready to install Windows, you can format through the install process.

OOOoooh so if i try to install windows on the 250 ssd will the ssd format by itself? man i have never done this before so sorry if you are having a hard time here :/

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4 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

Yes, but are you re-using the SSD you will be formatting in that new build you mentioned?

 

If so, you're complicating things, when you're ready to install Windows, you can format through the install process.

wait i think i'm starting to get the hang of this...

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6 minutes ago, Imaginary Friend said:

OOOoooh so if i try to install windows on the 250 ssd will the ssd format by itself? man i have never done this before so sorry if you are having a hard time here :/

Lol don't worry, that's what the forum is for :)

 

There's a well written guide on HowToGeek, basically when installing Windows, select "custom install" and from there you'll see the hard drive and you'll be able to format it :)

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

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1 hour ago, wkdpaul said:

Lol don't worry, that's what the forum is for :)

 

There's a well written guide on HowToGeek, basically when installing Windows, select "custom install" and from there you'll see the hard drive and you'll be able to format it :)

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

Dude thank you so much! it worked! i still had some mb's left on recovery something but still...

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1 hour ago, Imaginary Friend said:

Dude thank you so much! it worked! i still had some mb's left on recovery something but still...

No problem, the recovery partition is normal and actually needed.

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18 hours ago, Imaginary Friend said:

can i format it with computer manager and will it remove windows from it? from a different ssd?

 

 

well i would answer but it looks like things worked out :)

 

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