Replacing Hard Drive

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  1. JLUGO35, Sep 15, 2009

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    After seeing the system requirements for Windows 7, I decided to upgrade to a larger hard drive later this week. I plan on giving my old 160 gig drive to a friend who uses Windows but I want to wipe it clean first. Do I insert my Leopard disc and use disk utility to reformat?
     
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  2. GfulDedFan, Sep 15, 2009

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    Yes, the drive can be erased and formatted as FAT32 for windows using Disk Utility.
     
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  3. NewMacbookPlz, Sep 15, 2009

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    He'll need to go to FAT32, and then once in the Windows machine, re-reformat it to NTFS for use with Windows7.
     
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  4. sonspot, Sep 15, 2009

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    if your asking how to clean a drive, you should also find out if your friends drive is ide or sata..
     
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