Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and time! Due to your detailed instructions, I was able to successfully re-use two old HDD drives to a newer family computer and added 1.5 TB of storage. Much obliged.
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
That'is awesome! ;)
@BlackStar_7342 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU. I have been struggling how to reuse old hard drives in my new PC. There was surprisingly little information on youtube about this.
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@turbofanlover3 жыл бұрын
This was an excellent explanation of the process and exactly the information that I was looking for and needed. Thank you so much! :)
@danielsmelyanskyy49273 жыл бұрын
Amazing! so easy and straight to the point, also explained to perfection! I was really nervous to mess with my HDD in case I did miss something and damage it... also saw a couple tutorial that were very complex with programs and setting up a booting setting differently... so nerve racking! thank you for making it very understandable and easy!
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was useful for you! Keep tuned :)
@tigre812410 ай бұрын
Great video - just what I was looking for! There are surprisingly few tutorials out there for this type of information, as another viewer commented. Although I am a long-time builder of my computers, I didn't know how to repurpose the main hard drive from my old desktop for use as an external drive, as I needed to make the old drive non-bootable, while preserving my files on that drive (which were on a separate partition, which I always set up separately from the operating system partition), so thank you for the excellent video! 👍
@GMODISM9 ай бұрын
Welcome and stay tuned to know where to find more tutorials that actually help!
@johnmccormack9562 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. This is easily the best video that I found about deleting partitions on old drives that previously had Windows installed on them.
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@KitJBenn3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!! I found your tutorial extremely helpful and I'm most greatful. A great approach and love how you kept focus . You sincerely was fully committed to helping humble folk like myself. I wish you the very best of luck!👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@Meox973 жыл бұрын
Been looking for this explanation for quite a while, finally a good video, thank you so much!
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@divadrekab13 жыл бұрын
I connected the old HDD and when I opened disk management , disk 0 shows my boot drive which is an samsung ssd but disk 1 shows: removable (F:) No Media. Does that mean it is not seeing my old HDD?
@DurvalLacerda Жыл бұрын
What I have to do if I want to keep the files and data of my HD? I have an extra HD and it's half full with important files and I don't want to lose them. 13:27 I have to click on "Do not format this volume"?
@keyna5172 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Did this to my new prebuild gaming pc becouse it only had 500gb ssd and no hdd so i grabbed the old 500gb hdd from my old pc and chuked it in there
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
Nice! You doubled that storage for free!
@ultrax_5033 жыл бұрын
I have a question, you have to format the hardrive and reuse it or can we just like put the hard drive with all the data it current has into the new build like without formatting the hardrive or is mandatory to reset it ?
@David-dn2kv3 жыл бұрын
Did you try this without formatting?
@ultrax_5033 жыл бұрын
Basically when you are setting up windows it lets you format or take all the FILES NOT apps into the new system which i deleted and just downloaded it back on
@ricefieldenthusiast17853 жыл бұрын
@@ultrax_503 thanks for the comment I really needed info on what was going to happen I was about to move my old hard drive to my new build as a secondary hard drive and wanted to keep my files.
@speedhighlights55683 жыл бұрын
I tried to reuse my old hard drive witch windows already exists on and its not booting up with windows
@skekelmaster54933 жыл бұрын
It would be pretty cool to see your full pc build.
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps I can do a full PC tour sometime! :)
@_Ciosu..2 ай бұрын
This video is a complete step for it. Thank you so much 😊
@GMODISM2 ай бұрын
You're welcome mate!
@ngsc4635 Жыл бұрын
can i put old hard drive into new pc(with new drive) and keeping the old files as well? i know the old windows is still in there but, is it possible to just delete the systems and windows in old drive, and not touching anything else?
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
No, evacuate the files, reformat it and move back the files you wanna keep is the best way that causes the least amount of issues.
@fanda99943 жыл бұрын
I followed your instructions grate instructions, but bumb move by me for me it was disk 0 😂😭😭😭😭 (edited) I'm fine make sure you bubble check the disk GRATE VIDDD!! plus 1 sub
@akobitoma74523 жыл бұрын
Video is perfectly solid, but what forced me to hit the like button is the fact that you chose the weeby version.
@boydashton29032 жыл бұрын
I have several old hard drives, some are from desktop computers, some are from laptops. I have them connected to a windows 10 and a windows 12 laptop with a usb connector. The problem is that on any laptop I use this on it will not recognize the drive. I've tried all 6 drives and none of them are being recognized. What might cause that. The hard drive were probably running on windows vista. Please let me know.
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
do they not even appear in the diskpart listings? are they getting enough power to run?
@Thc14Me3 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'd recently ugraded my pc with an M.2 NVMe SSD and was wondering what to do with my old HDD. I also had an even older HDD from a Windows 8.1 pc. I now have 1.5 TB of storage......... And I can type 'partition' with my eyes closed ! Thanks again.
@madikiestherkhiangte9884 Жыл бұрын
I just use a new ssd for os and all my files like movies picture and other important files are in the old hhd, i just want to delete the c drive but keep the other partition what do i do?
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Did you already use my tutorial to move hdd to ssd for that os part?
@elweondelasweas8367 ай бұрын
What it's the best solution if I'm trying to format an partition and I get "DiskPart has encountered an error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check). See the System Event Log for more information."? I watched other videos but no one it's trying to use and old HDD.
@peterdarr3835 ай бұрын
I have a hard drive from 2004 that takes 3 input connections - data, power, and a small 3rd connector 4 pins, about a half inch across. My computer guy never seen this and the drive didn't boot without this 3rd connector. Any ideas ??
@Sethk1ngg7 ай бұрын
i need help so i have 2 old hdd 1 is desktop and one is laptop type and both of them cant be connected with the psu i tried and im not dumb i see its shaped like L and i still cant get it in like its too big what do i do
@ricefieldenthusiast17853 жыл бұрын
could you just keep using the old drive as is when it is fully installed in your new computer? Even if I have a different boot drive will my old drive still be perfectly fine?
@kuyalouievlog2 жыл бұрын
Well explained..exactly what i need. Good job!
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@mikedingus3761 Жыл бұрын
I tried to delete the primary partition but diskpart tells me that: "Virtual Disk Service error: Delete is not allowed on the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation volume."
@Quesoe3 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! This was very helpful
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@shanebrazil34483 жыл бұрын
i want to use my old hard drive too, but its os is corrupted. can i do this process for me to reuse it?? thanks!
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Yes you can use this tutorial for that!
@bertmonkey84573 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it was very easy to follow... except when I also miss spelt overide... lol
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha 😂
@chucklou11811 ай бұрын
It’s a lot easier to hook it up to a USB adapter, then you don’t have to go through all the trouble of taking things apart.
@GMODISM11 ай бұрын
Yeah, if you gont one! :)
@aceko4203 жыл бұрын
Can you Help me i unplugged my 2 HDD full of games and i re-setted my pc and delteted the files from the ssd and now i set up everthing and i cant use those games and apps anymore
@chorne18053 жыл бұрын
Thanks man this video is very helpful
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@hershey1123 Жыл бұрын
i know you might not see this because the video is so old but when i format my driver it is taking forever. I have been waiting for over 20 mins and it still says formatting. What do you think i should do?
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
if you selected the slow formatting, not quick one it can take several hours depending on speed and size, so you wrote this 4 hours ago, it would not be strange if it's still formatting. Just don't stop it before it's done.
@asteriskalliance77303 жыл бұрын
I have a question, I had a 500gb hard disk which had 4 partitions, and one partition has some important files .suddenly windows crashed, when I tried to install it stuck on 0% , I tried everything but I failed. that's why I bought 1 TB hard disk which I currently use. Now my question is that 500gb hard disk has no windows, I can still access my files from troubleshooting, is there any chance I can use the 500GB space on my computer now? and it has same drive name e, c d, are they going to conflict with 1tb hard disk which I currently using or the 500gb hard disk portion will unlocated
@nonamedpleb3 жыл бұрын
Tried this on my old HDD from a computer I haven't used in 4 years (i3-2200, ddr3...). After booting, the device doesn't show up on "this computer" . When I open up Disk management, it shows the disk but with no partitions saying "unknown" and "Not initialized". When I try to initialize it, "the request could not be performed because of an i/o error" shows up.
@itzbritishboy2 жыл бұрын
if i was to use old hard drive with data can i just plug it in and it will give all my files back on my new pc
@edwardmarkle13333 жыл бұрын
Any idea why this is not working. I do everthing shown step by step. But it never deletes partition.
@prem_patel72 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dude ;)
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
Happy to help
@xxwoodenswordxx34883 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@aleksander1668 Жыл бұрын
Hey! I did this and i got error code 0xc0000225 after. Any ideas?
@SLOFICK3 жыл бұрын
i tried instaling my old hp pcs hard drive into my new pc and it wont show up anywhere pls help me
@witchkingofa Жыл бұрын
great video, really helped. Just wish I'd found it sooner!
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the channel, the tech tutorial playlist is your new home for your tech solutions ;)
@FjUwGameS Жыл бұрын
I got a new pc and put my old hdd inside of it, the pc it came from was pretty old and very slow, is it risky to plug it in my new system?
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Not really, if you are worried check my how to check HDD health video after this process :)
@WS-gw5ms Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great tutorial
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Spikespigel3 жыл бұрын
The hdd I connected isn’t popping up in disk management what should I do
@rendnd53613 жыл бұрын
i took a 1tb hard drive from my old computer and it worked for a while. but then i removed everything off the hard drive and now when i have it plugged in my computer won’t open and apps or run properly everything freezes
@forwardlocket17713 жыл бұрын
Egen of i choose the ssd as boot option 1, it boots on the old hardrive?
@forwardlocket17713 жыл бұрын
Even*
@Mika_i_guess Жыл бұрын
great tutorial, i subscribed.
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@RandomActionProd2 жыл бұрын
I was able to perform all the steps for an old ssd I wanted to repurpose. It was originally an OS drive but I got all the partitions deleted so it was just an unallocated volume. I formatted it and gave it a new & letter but the drive disappeared during the formatting process. Now It won't show in Disk Management.
@victoriamenegolla17923 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@instantplumbing56802 жыл бұрын
thank you. so helpful
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@oscarpisces Жыл бұрын
If I've never had windows installed on my hdd, just a bunch of files I want to keep can I just plug and play so to speak?
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Yes as long as the drive is windows compatible, so if it's not a drive from an old linux/mac extra storage it should be fine!
@cristhiancespedes89803 жыл бұрын
Good video thanks
@7rimurug5082 жыл бұрын
Thanks its very helpful alot nc vid
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
Most welcome 😊
@kryhxlic24463 жыл бұрын
Hey I have a 500gb ssd and I want to use my old gaming laptop sshd 1tb I will boot into the ssd but will the sshd mess with my drivers and can I delete the partition and everything on it to use it for storage gaming
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Yes you can if you are sure you no longer need any file on it or ever want to boot from that drive again
@ysteinkjrvikskomsy38693 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! The best !
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Varsågod, kul att det funkar!
@ysteinkjrvikskomsy38693 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM Takk! Det du gjorde hjalp meg veldig mye!
@shefalisutradhar57253 жыл бұрын
keep doing it nice work
@RondoRajon413 жыл бұрын
Hey I bought a laptop in 2017 and the screen recently broke so I didn’t get the chance to back up the data and family pictures that’s on my laptop HDD. But today I built a computer and was wondering if I could use my laptops hdd in my new computer without it deleting anything. Will I be able to boot into HDD OS or will everything get erased?
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
No you can actually boot into that laptop drive, just select it as first boot option (i got some videos ob that)
@TLACEZHI2 жыл бұрын
I got the reboot and select proper boot device screen
@cooperfaucett Жыл бұрын
Help! Does anyone know how to fix when trying to delete the primary partition and it says error delete is not allowed?
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Well the os can't delete itself like that, delete that drive from another os ;)
@cooperfaucett Жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM oh so would I have to use another pc with a different os?
@lunissh3 жыл бұрын
Or Instaed of unscrewing your panel of the case you can buy a external harddisk/ssd case so you can use it as portable I did it on my 1TB Harddisk now I can use it as my secondary driver that has VMWare And games
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Sure you can if you want that!
@lunissh3 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM it works pretty well.
@EclipseYTxD3 жыл бұрын
It says everytime I reset my pc automatic repair plz help
@waynekilledya70923 жыл бұрын
If you want to talk about it I can give a better explanation. My discord is WaynesWRLD#2891. I had the same issue and I resolved it by uninstalling my hdd from my system and using a new ssd to start up my system with a new windows install.
@alfasonajiputra70323 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to just remove the partition and delete the system but keep all other data(photos, videos, etc) without backing it up into another hdd? I only have an m.2 nvme 128 gb on my new pc and wanted to use my old laptop 2.5 inch 500 gb hdd as an additional storage. thanks before
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
They are a bit integrated, but should work if you delete partitions where the data isnt stored, if you do they get deleted. So wouldn't risk it without backup.
@alfasonajiputra70323 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM thanks. I guess I'll try deleting only the C drive on that HDD and just leave everything else as it is for now.
@umermaqsood54253 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM i built a new pc.... Have 1tb Nvme as boot drive ... I want to put an old HDD from my old computer into new... But just for storage purpose... Not as a boot drive...... I'll completely format it... Will it slow down my system or not.. since I'm installing it just for storage purpose..
@kryhxlic24463 жыл бұрын
@@umermaqsood5425 did it slow it bc I have a 500gb ssd and I want to use my old gaming laptop sshd it’s 1tb
@johanness.99253 жыл бұрын
@@umermaqsood5425 Why would it slow down your system? Everything on the SSD will be just as fast as before. (e.g. booting up or starting a game) but if you move your games to hdd then it will be slower.
@MetaPoly3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!!
@aaroncintra97382 жыл бұрын
i love you so much man.
@ABJAmathy3 жыл бұрын
Hey I got an seagate Desktop HDD will that work as an extra hard drive with my pc?
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
It should indeed if you just follow my tips :)
@coldmaster10343 жыл бұрын
@GMODISM Can I format the SSD with Windows 10 included and boot from my old HDD? I really need to format the SSD for video games and the HDD for the System.
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Sure you can but its recommended to have Windows on the SSD, keeping games on the SSD will only improve game loadtimes. Having Windows on the SSD will make the PC faster.
@coldmaster10343 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM Oh thank you very much for the quick response! I have also another question, Lets say I want to transfer files from my old HDD to a new HDD. Can I connect my old HDD via an USB SATA cable? I currently have games ready to be installed and some other files like music production.
@aspacedoutace3 жыл бұрын
thank you sir
@slav_in_squat12562 жыл бұрын
It says to me (The arguments specified for this command are not valid For more information on the command type: HELP DELETE PARTITION
@remvd58863 жыл бұрын
Do I have to alocate 10% less volume on M2 as well?
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is the same.
@remvd58863 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM thank you, good sir
@yeawgamingcolnies12312 жыл бұрын
Dus formating my HDD also effect using it as a ram?
@kanemyles9719 Жыл бұрын
why tf would u use a hdd as ram thats gotta be slow as shit
@omen00 Жыл бұрын
What if this old hdd was infected with a virus and it was a system hdd (system installed on the hdd) what to do? (This is my situation) 😢
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Well, if you don't need to keep any files you should absolutely wipe it, especially of you cant get rid of the virus using avast or something
@MariusNinjai11 ай бұрын
@@GMODISM could't you load the HDD on to a Virtual machine/sandbox to see what you can recover
@arten82812 жыл бұрын
Thanx man
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@fortis619 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial , i followed each step to a T but in the end it kept sending me back to disk management , “please format your hard drive “ wtf?
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
does it not accept the formatting or does it not complete?
@fortis619 Жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM once it’s time to set a new volume everything goes smooth until the format process begins , it tells me it failed to format , I began the process all over and I unclicked the quick format (took 6 hours to format successfully 2Tb hdd) once i added large files like movies it failed half way, so I’m back to square one , at this point I don’t trust this HDD , I wanted it for large video games, I had another 500gb HDD that formatted with no issues , this one is giving me issues
@melovepanda3 жыл бұрын
Hi can I use my old laptop hdd to be have a mini external? Pls help
@aleesseshort79633 жыл бұрын
I don’t see why not
@acca173 жыл бұрын
your wallpaper is cool. how can i get it
@georgebrown25923 жыл бұрын
Why when I plug in a old ssd from my laptop into my new pc it tries to configuration my pc?
@aleesseshort79633 жыл бұрын
I believe it’s just because it’s a new device that it does not recognize, did you try to select the ssd as the storage you are going to use?
@TheGamingGuy-hy5eh4 жыл бұрын
Handy video
@maze2536 Жыл бұрын
Will using an old hdd (as an extra disk ) slow down my pc ?( it has only some games files , the other files and programs are on the main disk which is brand new)
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
No that's useful to use hdds as storage
@maze2536 Жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM thank you for replying
@josemarioniichan2359 Жыл бұрын
Well try formating your old hdd
@TheLordismystrenght7 Жыл бұрын
@@GMODISMI only formatted the C drive and kept all the other other partitions, this hdd is causing me problems, sometimes the computer won't power on, sometimes BSOD, sometimes it freezes is it because I formatted only the c drive. I use with ssd.
@florian49673 жыл бұрын
Why dont i have Windows boot Manager in bios???
@ninioteam Жыл бұрын
0:14 i have 3 one 500gb from 2011 and two 320gb from 2010
@purpsosa3 жыл бұрын
it doesn’t let me wipe my old hdd because it has old windows on it
@gianonestudio3 жыл бұрын
Remove windows by making a partition on the hdd, make sure the partition is as big as the os size, then format the partition thus deleting the os
@alexanderfransen24863 жыл бұрын
Having issues with doing this, cloned the old hard drive to upgrade to an nvme ssd, set the boot priorities to boot from the ssd. But no matter what it keeps defaulting to booting from the hard drive. Whenever I go back and check the priorities it still says the ssd is the number one option. Not to mention the computer won’t allow me to reset and wipe ssd clone, I cannot access anything on it whether in file explorer or disk management. Last resort now so to just simply toss it in a drawer and buy a new hard drive for storage and leave the old one alone. Anyone know how to fix this?
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you select wrong boot option, its often called boot manager and not just ssd name. Also, try booting with only the ssd installed and see if that works, then enable hot plug and connect hard drive when computer is live. Hope that helps
@bryantlinthicum79192 жыл бұрын
imagine there just being a “wipe newly inserted hard drive” and you don’t have to go through all of this crap
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha yeah sure, but imagen all the lost data for people who just click "OK" and read later when its too late XD
@bryantlinthicum79192 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM very true haha, thanks for your help
@mistaamane11372 жыл бұрын
Umm my windows is not booting up
@glorgozorg7 ай бұрын
can i put the old hdd in my computer without having to delete all the data and partitions? because that kind of defeats the point for me, i want to keep my files 😅. how would i do that?
@Akash-lu8vd4 ай бұрын
only text isn't making understand to me
@zf_unkown573 жыл бұрын
Suprised no one unliked epic lol
@souless23152 жыл бұрын
What if the hard drive got/was corrupted?
@GMODISM2 жыл бұрын
well check the health of the drive (got some tutorial) so that there is no big risk it gets bad again
@WaaBoosFn3 жыл бұрын
are u able to carry everything youve had on your old pc to your new one witrh the same drive
@dwarvos24603 жыл бұрын
I think so but you have to get rid of drivers and stuff linked to ur current pc
@WaaBoosFn3 жыл бұрын
@@dwarvos2460 alright thanks will look into it as i would like to take the hard disk drive from my prebuilt and put into the build ive already done
@dwarvos24603 жыл бұрын
@@WaaBoosFn ok🙂
@Glenn938 Жыл бұрын
0:56 THATS NOT A HARD DRIVE ITS A SSD
@GMODISM Жыл бұрын
Haha yes true. Old habits
@watchdog4713 жыл бұрын
So i need a new pc to use a old hard disk?
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
No you don't, use it with any PC
@watchdog4713 жыл бұрын
@@GMODISM how do I connect it,? Is there an adapter for it?
@cesarmeza3468Ай бұрын
They are manufacturing E-waste
@yeepengvue11933 ай бұрын
That is not a hard drive
@shezamshazam93453 жыл бұрын
Originalmente tenía 1TB HDD que se lleno rapidisimo sobretodo en juegos, programas de edicion y estaban ahi tambien multimedia y documentos. Agregue un HDD 3TB a juegos, un HDD 2TB para programas, el HDD de 1TB se quedo con archivos y un SSD para el sistema operativo pero estaba pensando en conseguir un SSD de mayor capacidad para ciertos programas pesados que quiero mas rapidos y recien salio un hdd 250 GB cambiado por ssd a una laptop, aunque lo podria usar externo si puedo ponerlo en la de escritorio mucho mejor pero no se como identificar cuantos discos duros puedo instalar ni si hay alguna limitante como lo soluciono (por ejemplo no sé como saber si me alcanzaran los cables de alimentacion desde la fuente de poder o espacios sata de la tarjeta madre o si se puede dividir, etc)
@feovz91783 жыл бұрын
i did this and my pc blew up
@waynekilledya70923 жыл бұрын
Did he really just call his ssd his hdd?
@GMODISM3 жыл бұрын
Ops
@ZeZe_53423 жыл бұрын
Bruh why the fuck is this a 20+ minute video just to explain how to use a old hard drive🤦♂️