Formatting an SSD with an existing O/S

rikky · 19 Oct 2013 at 20:29

I have upgraded my SSD to a new larger SSD and I did a fresh install of Windows on the new drive which leaves me with the old drive which I want to sell on ...

So what is the best way to format the old drive as it has a 100MB partition with "System Reserved" on it?? Can I merge this into the main partition or should I just delete it??

Thoughts on the best way to proceed??

rikky · 20 Oct 2013 at 21:09

bikerchris said:
Do consider buying a USB to SATA adaptor, that'll keep conflicts away when both your current and the old SSD are connected (and do connect it AFTER you've booted up).

Hope that helps

Thanks I have the older SSD connected via my hotswap bay on my 650D case so I shouldn't have any conflicts.

rikky · 20 Oct 2013 at 21:13

Ok guys thanks for all the info, much appreciated!!

I have formatted the drive via windows and have downloaded CCleaner - I have chosen to wipe the entire drive but will a simple overwrite (1 pass) be OK, or should I go for more passes??

rikky · 21 Oct 2013 at 19:49

All done - seems to have gone just fine. Thanks for all the input guys!!