I just BUILT a new PC and it's running like a champ.. I have a 500 gig hard DRIVE in there now.

For my old pc I have a 120 gig hard drive that I would like to place in my new computer just for that extra bit of space. Obviously my old HD has windows installed as well as all my old stuff. I am in the process of tranfering all my important files now to my external HD. How do I wipe this old HD as such so I can just pull it out and place in my new computer as if it were a new HD. Thanks in advance.Use your OS cd to partition/format the old hdd then jumper it as a slave and move it to the new pc.

Hard to get down to detail as you don't SAY what OS you are dealing with or what drive types your old/new MOBO can accept.

Good luck ahh my bad.. using XP and it's a sata HD.

so I basically turn on old PC.. insert xp CD and format the drive.. then put the jumper as slave and voila? Sounds simple enough. now to try it out tom thanks.hrmm ok.. something isnt working right I got the drive in my new computer, yet it isnt showing up for me. I can see it when I go into the BIOS but nothing in "my computer".

I prob did something WRONG.. with my old computer, I deleted the partition using the xp cd. I do have the old HD set into the slave SATA slot (verified via mobo manual). I also made sure it was set as secondary in the bios as well (secondary to my primary HD). Thoughts? Thanks in advance.Quote

hrmm ok.. something isnt working right I got the drive in my new computer, yet it isnt showing up for me. I can see it when I go into the BIOS but nothing in "my computer".

I prob did something wrong.. with my old computer, I deleted the partition using the xp cd. I do have the old HD set into the slave SATA slot (verified via mobo manual). I also made sure it was set as secondary in the bios as well (secondary to my primary HD). Thoughts? Thanks in advance.