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new hard drive

by Baloeb Aug 29, 2010 10:22AM PDT

I have a question. I am thinking of getting a new ssd drive and windows 7, and using my old hard drive for extra storage. Do I need to reformat it before using it as a second drive, or can it be plugged in after the new install with files and the old operating system still on it?

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can it be plugged in after the new install
by Coryphaeus Aug 29, 2010 1:23PM PDT

Yep.

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by Baloeb Aug 29, 2010 1:51PM PDT

Great, that will make it a lot easier to reformat.

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