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hhnq04 · 03-20-2008, 12:24 PM

I've got an older WD 80gb 7200 HD. A while back the PC it was in stopped booting and since it was a few years old anyhow, I just replaced the PC. I've still got the HD sitting around, and am considering building a new PC. My question is this, would I be able to reformat and use this HD again, or should I just throw it out and not bother risking it crashing again?

03-20-2008, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
hhnq04 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 23 OS: XP SP2	Older HD--Still good? I've got an older WD 80gb 7200 HD. A while back the PC it was in stopped booting and since it was a few years old anyhow, I just replaced the PC. I've still got the HD sitting around, and am considering building a new PC. My question is this, would I be able to reformat and use this HD again, or should I just throw it out and not bother risking it crashing again?