Format Hard drive

[Guest]

I have two internal hard drives in my computer - one a WD and the other a
Samsung. I was having problems with the WD master drive, which required a
repair of XP SP2, but instead I mistakenly installed XP SP2 on the Samsung
(slave) drive.
In order to fix the WD master I disconnected the Samsung from inside the
case and have now resolved the problem with the WD master drive and it is
working fine. However when I connect the Samsung with its copy of XP
(installed by mistake) the machine boots up on it and not the WD.
How can I remove XP from the Samsung and boot up on the WD? There is no data
on the Samsung that cannot be replaced.

 

[Guest]

Actually you could set wdc as 1st boot device priority in the BIOS,this would
boot to wdc xp,then format samsung in xp.Or,boot to xp cd,recovery,press
enter
for password,select either hd to enter on,then typeiskPart In
DiskPart,delete
the partition on samsung,create one,press ESC key,either type:EXIT Or,
FORMAT D: /FS:NTFS D: being samsung....Still chk the BIOS for boot
priority..

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your prompt reply. I will need to research how to change the
1st boot priority in the Bios. Unless someone can point me to a set of
instructions.

 

[Guest]

After a little research I was able to learn how to change the boot priority
in the Bios and was able to change it. I am sure the re-format will be easy
after this.