Adding another hard disk

Motim · 01 Sep 2018

Hello,
Planning to remove a hard disk from my old computer and install it as third disk in the new computer for data only.
It has on it the crippled windows 10.
Before using it I have to wipe it clean (partition, format), but first when I turn on the computer, will it affect my helthy win 10 on the new computer (two operating systems ?).
And another thing, is there any jumper settings on the disk (I remember the days I installed IDE disks), this one as the others is SATA.
In the bios settings is first the optical drive, then second the disk with the system on it.
Answers will be appreciated.
Thanks
Motim

cereberus · 01 Sep 2018

Just put drive in new pc and then enter the following commands from an admin command prompt

Code:

diskpart
list disk
select disk n (replace n with number of drive)
clean (be certain you have selected correct drive as this wipes everything
create partition primary
select partition 1
format fs=ntfs quick
assign
exit
exit

Disk is now ready for use.

Samuria · 01 Sep 2018

SATA isn't like ide there is no need for jumpers

NavyLCDR · 01 Sep 2018

cereberus said:

Just put drive in new pc and then enter the following commands from an admin command prompt

Code:

diskpart
list disk
select volume n (replace n with number of drive)
clean (be certain you have selected correct drive as this wipes everything
create partition primary
select partition 1
format fs=ntfs quick
assign
exit
exit

Disk is now ready for use.

Shouldn't "select volume n" be "select disk n"?

Or does selecting a volume on the drive also select the entire drive for the purposes of the clean command? Also, how is the volume # obtained from the list disk command?
Also, if it were I, I would add "convert gpt" after the clean command.

Ztruker · 01 Sep 2018

I would add "covert gpt"

Is that to make it a hidden GPT partition

Oh, you meant

I would add "convert gpt"

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Saturday and I'm bored.

NavyLCDR · 01 Sep 2018

Ztruker said:

Is that to make it a hidden GPT partition

Oh, you meant

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Saturday and I'm bored.

Dang autoconnect!

Edit: autocorrect

cereberus · 01 Sep 2018

NavyLCDR said:

Shouldn't "select volume n" be "select disk n"?

Or does selecting a volume on the drive also select the entire drive for the purposes of the clean command? Also, how is the volume # obtained from the list disk command?
Also, if it were I, I would add "convert gpt" after the clean command.

My mistake - corrected.

Re. GPT - you only need that if OP is booting from it in UEFI, or drive is over 2TB.