How To Do A Fresh Install On New SSD And Wipe All Stuff Off Current Hard Drive
Aug 11, 2015
I want to do a fresh install of Windows on my new SSD and wipe everything off my current hard-drive. The reason why I want to do this is because my new SSD arrived and my drivers are a little bugged and I want to start over.
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That's the thing I'm going to be using^. I already have it on a CD.
So do I just plug in the SSD, then set the primary boot device to the CD? Then install Windows 10 64-bit to the SSD? That's it?
Also, how am I going to wipe my current hard drive?
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