Component swap

[Denniz03]

Hello, I used to have a computer with an A10 5700 APU from AMD. I now have an HP computer with a Phenom II X2 B55. The thing that I am wondering about is if I swap the phenom for the 5700 will my computer still work? The cpu has been sitting in the older computer in a chill pantry for over 2 years. The CPU has always been under its cooler. The older computer also had a 1tb hdd from WD but I don't know if that still works. It used to be the boot drive of the computer which had windows 8 installed. My current PC has windows 10 installed. How can I erase its data without breaking my computer? I have no way of testing the components in the older pc.

[Denniz03]

Please ask me some questions if you don't understand what I am trying to say. Thanks

[FuzzyLogic]

3 minutes ago, Denniz03 said:

Please ask me some questions if you don't understand what I am trying to say. Thanks

You can't swap the CPUs because they use different sockets. Which hard drive do you want to erase the data from?

[Denniz03]

11 minutes ago, thegreengamers said:

You can't swap the CPUs because they use different sockets. Which hard drive do you want to erase the data from?

It is a WD Caviar blue 1tb HDD

[FuzzyLogic]

Just now, Denniz03 said:

It is a WD Caviar blue 1tb HDD

If you're sure it doesn't have any important files on it, then you can delete everything on it by plugging it into your Windows 10 computer, going to File Explorer, find the drive under This PC, right click on it, and then click Format. This should erase all the data and leave you with a clean drive to put files on.