Thread: Fixing to completely wipe hard drives..... Need Help
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Old 03-26-2008, 11:03 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Default Re: Fixing to completely wipe hard drives..... Need Help
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Originally Posted by eyeCpc View Post
What happens when you change drive types and capacities? hhmmm....

Nothing tops a clean install on a brand new drive seeing a fresh primary to work with. You don't drag all the registry as well as drive clutter along with you.
Done that too. Went from a Western Digital IDE 80GB, to a SeaGate SATA 320GB; worked flawlessly.
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