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- How to format a hard drive quickly
Hi
When we install a second HDD drive (or even SSD), it is not usable, it must be formatted
There are many possibilities
but here, the goal, and to know how to do it quickly, without special options, a single partition etc.
Once your disk is installed in the computer, it is not visible
Here the windows system disk , and original HDD
You have to open Disk Management
Under windows 10, 11
right click on the start menu / disk management
then see the little video:
and as we can see the disk should be available

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