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‎05-04-2019 12:46 PM

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Product: hp prodesk 400 g3 sff
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I want to use my old hdd that has Win 10 installed on it as storage. I bought a hard drive enclosure and have everything hooked up tp my desktop. The hard drive shows as recovery image. How do I erase what is on the external drive and format it if needed to just have a blank or empty storage drive?

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‎05-04-2019 08:29 PM - edited ‎05-04-2019 08:29 PM

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@rwalton31 , welcome to the forum.

 

You should go into Disk Management (right click on Start (Windows logo lower left corner) and select Disk Management.  You should be able to right click on the drive and select Format.

 

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



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‎05-04-2019 08:29 PM - edited ‎05-04-2019 08:29 PM

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@rwalton31 , welcome to the forum.

 

You should go into Disk Management (right click on Start (Windows logo lower left corner) and select Disk Management.  You should be able to right click on the drive and select Format.

 

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



I am not an HP Employee!!
Intelligence is God given. Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!!
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