How To Reuse An Old Hard Drive

[@marka5194]

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.

[@GMODISM]

That'is awesome! ;)

[@turbofanlover]

This was an excellent explanation of the process and exactly the information that I was looking for and needed. Thank you so much! :)

[@Meox97]

Been looking for this explanation for quite a while, finally a good video, thank you so much!

[@GMODISM]

Glad you like it!

[@danielsmelyanskyy4927]

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!

[@GMODISM]

Glad it was useful for you! Keep tuned :)

[@DurvalLacerda]

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"?

[@BlackStar_734]

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.

[@GMODISM]

Glad I could help!

[@johnmccormack956]

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.

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome!

[@tigre8124]

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! 👍

[@GMODISM]

Welcome and stay tuned to know where to find more tutorials that actually help!

[@ngsc4635]

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]

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.

[@KitJBenn]

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!👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@ultrax_503]

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-dn2kv]

Did you try this without formatting?

[@ultrax_503]

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

[@ricefieldenthusiast1785]

@@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.

[@divadrekab1]

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?

[@madikiestherkhiangte9884]

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]

Did you already use my tutorial to move hdd to ssd for that os part?

[@_Ciosu..]

This video is a complete step for it. Thank you so much 😊

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome mate!

[@speedhighlights5568]

I tried to reuse my old hard drive witch windows already exists on and its not booting up with windows

[@skekelmaster5493]

It would be pretty cool to see your full pc build.

[@GMODISM]

Perhaps I can do a full PC tour sometime! :)

[@elweondelasweas836]

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.

[@keyna517]

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

[@GMODISM]

Nice! You doubled that storage for free!

[@peterdarr383]

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 ??

[@ricefieldenthusiast1785]

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?

[@akobitoma7452]

Video is perfectly solid, but what forced me to hit the like button is the fact that you chose the weeby version.

[@ajdingloticc9767]

can u help.I tryed to use my old 2tb hdd and when i plug in sata from motherboard and power point it says pcie error or sum and when i boot it dont show me in disk manager

[@shanebrazil3448]

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!

[@GMODISM]

Yes you can use this tutorial for that!

[@boydashton2903]

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.

[@GMODISM]

do they not even appear in the diskpart listings? are they getting enough power to run?

[@kuyalouievlog]

Well explained..exactly what i need. Good job!

[@GMODISM]

Welcome!

[@forwardlocket1771]

Egen of i choose the ssd as boot option 1, it boots on the old hardrive?

[@forwardlocket1771]

Even*

[@acca17]

your wallpaper is cool. how can i get it

[@Beanzzwzlive]

I got the reboot and select proper boot device screen

[@remvd5886]

Do I have to alocate 10% less volume on M2 as well?

[@GMODISM]

Yes it is the same.

[@remvd5886]

@@GMODISM thank you, good sir

[@itzbritishboy]

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

[@Spikespigel]

The hdd I connected isn’t popping up in disk management what should I do

[@Quesoe]

Thank you sir! This was very helpful

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome!

[@mikedingus3761]

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."

[@cooperfaucett]

Help! Does anyone know how to fix when trying to delete the primary partition and it says error delete is not allowed?

[@GMODISM]

Well the os can't delete itself like that, delete that drive from another os ;)

[@cooperfaucett]

@@GMODISM oh so would I have to use another pc with a different os?

[@SLOFICK]

i tried instaling my old hp pcs hard drive into my new pc and it wont show up anywhere pls help me

[@aleksander1668]

Hey! I did this and i got error code 0xc0000225 after. Any ideas?

[@Thc14Me]

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.

[@aceko420]

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

[@chucklou118]

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.

[@GMODISM]

Yeah, if you gont one! :)

[@nonamedpleb]

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.

[@edwardmarkle1333]

Any idea why this is not working. I do everthing shown step by step. But it never deletes partition.

[@alfasonajiputra7032]

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

[@GMODISM]

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.

[@alfasonajiputra7032]

@@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.

[@umermaqsood5425]

@@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..

[@kryhxlic2446]

@@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.9925]

@@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.

[@kryhxlic2446]

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

[@GMODISM]

Yes you can if you are sure you no longer need any file on it or ever want to boot from that drive again

[@ninioteam]

0:14 i have 3 one 500gb from 2011 and two 320gb from 2010

[@yeawgamingcolnies1231]

Dus formating my HDD also effect using it as a ram?

[@kanemyles9719]

why tf would u use a hdd as ram thats gotta be slow as shit

[@chorne1805]

Thanks man this video is very helpful

[@GMODISM]

Glad you think so!

[@FjUwGameS]

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]

Not really, if you are worried check my how to check HDD health video after this process :)

[@hershey1123]

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]

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.

[@florian4967]

Why dont i have Windows boot Manager in bios???

[@bertmonkey8457]

Thanks, it was very easy to follow... except when I also miss spelt overide... lol

[@GMODISM]

Hahaha 😂

[@melovepanda]

Hi can I use my old laptop hdd to be have a mini external? Pls help

[@aleesseshort7963]

I don’t see why not

[@coldmaster1034]

@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.

[@GMODISM]

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.

[@coldmaster1034]

@@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.

[@oscarpisces]

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]

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!

[@ABJAmathy]

Hey I got an seagate Desktop HDD will that work as an extra hard drive with my pc?

[@GMODISM]

It should indeed if you just follow my tips :)

[@RondoRajon41]

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?

[@GMODISM]

No you can actually boot into that laptop drive, just select it as first boot option (i got some videos ob that)

[@WS-gw5ms]

Thanks for the great tutorial

[@GMODISM]

Glad it was helpful!

[@asteriskalliance7730]

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

[@Mika_i_guess]

great tutorial, i subscribed.

[@GMODISM]

Thanks for the sub!

[@maze2536]

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]

No that's useful to use hdds as storage

[@maze2536]

@@GMODISM thank you for replying

[@josemarioniichan2359]

Well try formating your old hdd

[@TheLordismystrenght7]

​@@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.

[@fanda9994]

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

[@EclipseYTxD]

It says everytime I reset my pc automatic repair plz help

[@waynekilledya7092]

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.

[@RandomActionProd]

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.

[@rendnd5361]

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

[@witchkingofa]

great video, really helped. Just wish I'd found it sooner!

[@GMODISM]

Welcome to the channel, the tech tutorial playlist is your new home for your tech solutions ;)

[@fortis619]

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]

does it not accept the formatting or does it not complete?

[@fortis619]

@@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

[@prem_patel7]

Thanks Dude ;)

[@GMODISM]

Happy to help

[@xxwoodenswordxx3488]

Thank you so much!

[@shefalisutradhar5725]

keep doing it nice work

[@lunissh]

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

[@GMODISM]

Sure you can if you want that!

[@lunissh]

@@GMODISM it works pretty well.

[@georgebrown2592]

Why when I plug in a old ssd from my laptop into my new pc it tries to configuration my pc?

[@aleesseshort7963]

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?

[@instantplumbing5680]

thank you. so helpful

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome!

[@ysteinkjrvikskomsy3869]

Thank you very much! The best !

[@GMODISM]

Varsågod, kul att det funkar!

[@ysteinkjrvikskomsy3869]

@@GMODISM Takk! Det du gjorde hjalp meg veldig mye!

[@cristhiancespedes8980]

Good video thanks

[@7rimurug508]

Thanks its very helpful alot nc vid

[@GMODISM]

Most welcome 😊

[@ImBolas]

What if the hard drive got/was corrupted?

[@GMODISM]

well check the health of the drive (got some tutorial) so that there is no big risk it gets bad again

[@omen00]

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]

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

[@MariusNinjai]

@@GMODISM could't you load the HDD on to a Virtual machine/sandbox to see what you can recover

[@aaroncintra9738]

i love you so much man.

[@victoriamenegolla1792]

thank you!

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome!

[@bryantlinthicum7919]

imagine there just being a “wipe newly inserted hard drive” and you don’t have to go through all of this crap

[@GMODISM]

Hahaha yeah sure, but imagen all the lost data for people who just click "OK" and read later when its too late XD

[@bryantlinthicum7919]

@@GMODISM very true haha, thanks for your help

[@WaaBoosFn]

are u able to carry everything youve had on your old pc to your new one witrh the same drive

[@dwarvos2460]

I think so but you have to get rid of drivers and stuff linked to ur current pc

[@WaaBoosFn]

@@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

[@dwarvos2460]

@@WaaBoosFn ok🙂

[@mistaamane1137]

Umm my windows is not booting up

[@alexanderfransen2486]

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?

[@GMODISM]

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

[@slav_in_squat1256]

It says to me (The arguments specified for this command are not valid For more information on the command type: HELP DELETE PARTITION

[@aspacedoutace]

thank you sir

[@purpsosa]

it doesn’t let me wipe my old hdd because it has old windows on it

[@gianonestudio]

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

[@MetaPoly]

Thank you!!!!

[@watchdog471]

So i need a new pc to use a old hard disk?

[@GMODISM]

No you don't, use it with any PC

[@watchdog471]

@@GMODISM how do I connect it,? Is there an adapter for it?

[@Akash-lu8vd]

only text isn't making understand to me

[@arten8281]

Thanx man

[@GMODISM]

You're welcome!

[@TheGamingGuy-hy5eh]

Handy video

[@glorgozorg]

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?

[@Glenn938]

0:56 THATS NOT A HARD DRIVE ITS A SSD

[@GMODISM]

Haha yes true. Old habits

[@kevina5472]

I did that..the ONLY DIFF WAS THE FOLLOWING 1) just boot pc 2) the system did check disk... 3) all data was UNTUCHED.. as far as the 2nd drive..I label it data drive..then view all files..rem tge c;/windows folder...user folder and of files...TO FREE UP SPACE..then look for Steam games. Then booted steam..ALL DATA NO DAMAGE TO DATA

[@zf_unkown57]

Suprised no one unliked epic lol

[@yeepengvue1193]

That is not a hard drive

[@cesarmeza3468]

They are manufacturing E-waste

[@shezamshazam9345]

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)

[@waynekilledya7092]

Did he really just call his ssd his hdd?

[@GMODISM]

Ops

[@feovz9178]

i did this and my pc blew up

[@Austinole11]

Hard rive