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question about second hard disk
Replies: 8 — Last Post June 13, 2008 3:39pm by masomae
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i deleted everything but it says 50.3GB free of 51.8GB
how i can make it be empty

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i dont think you can ever make it 100% empty. But when you say you deleted everything, do you mean that you actually deleted the files, or did you format the disk?

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Quote: from Chevy Jackson at 3:32 pm on June 13, 2008
i dont think you can ever make it 100% empty. But when you say you deleted everything, do you mean that you actually deleted the files, or did you format the disk?

deleted the files

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format it. deleting files wont do. FORMAT.

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Quote: from HatesYou at 3:33 pm on June 13, 2008
format it. deleting files wont do. FORMAT.

so i just right click and press format like a floppy?

um how long will this take and is there any risk i'll ruin my pc

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Quote: from masomae at 3:32 pm on June 13, 2008
Quote: from Chevy Jackson at 3:32 pm on June 13, 2008
i dont think you can ever make it 100% empty. But when you say you deleted everything, do you mean that you actually deleted the files, or did you format the disk?

deleted the files

okay, then you need to format the disk. that will get rid of everything on it. to format the disk, go into my computer and right click the disk that you want to format, then just scroll down to "format," and that should take care of it.

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Formatting it, although you will never completely clear it, it will always have hidden system files that enable the disk to run.

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Quote: from masomae at 3:34 pm on June 13, 2008
Quote: from HatesYou at 3:33 pm on June 13, 2008
format it. deleting files wont do. FORMAT.

so i just right click and press format like a floppy?

um how long will this take and is there any risk i'll ruin my pc

btw luv your avatars. maggie g ftw (even if that isnt really her)

there is no chance of it ruining your computer, unless you are trying to format the C: drive, or whatever drive your operating system is installed on. But you said you already deleted everything else, so I'm assuming that your OS isn't on there.

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guuuuys

it said the drive was in use but i clicked format anyway

is this bad??

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