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rich82fox
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Mar 17, 2006, 06:19 AM
 
hi

if I put a 300gb hard drive that has windows already on it

will I be able to use disk utility to wipe it and format it ready for OSX?

rich
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Maflynn
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Mar 17, 2006, 06:52 AM
 
Yup, if this is a second hard drive, just open up the disk utility and reformat it, or if its going to be the primary, the OSX installed will direct you to reformat it
     
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Mar 18, 2006, 05:04 PM
 
Is the drive going in your B&W? Just make sure your ATA card supports large drives first.
     
   
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