Just Loaded Win7 on New SSD

I removed the old hdd whilst I did this to make the install go without a hitch. Afterwards, I reinstalled the hdd (which still has win7 loaded on), and set it to boot from the SSD. No problem there.

In My Computer, it is seeing the SSD (C), Recovery (D), Local Disk (E).

In disk management, I have the following:
disk0: OEM partiton,recovery,primary partition (hdd) (3 partitions)
disk1: system reserved, boot partition (ssd) (2 partitions)

So my question is, whats the best way to go about formating the entire hdd (disk0) so that my system sees only a second drive (D). And is it wise to dump the OEM partition at this point considering I'm using the SSD now anyway?

 

Hi, the OEM partition is very small and I think it just contains the hardware diags that can be run from boot. Recovery is probably the one you can trash. This is the factory restore. Without one alien respawn will ask to create a new one using your current installation - a better disaster recovery image. The only problem is how.

It should be possible in Disk Manager but when I tried it the 'delete partition' option was greyed. Guess there is something else that needs doing, or maybe it will work for you. Right click on the partition in disk manager and see what you can do. You're aiming to delete the partition and then add the free space back to the large one (extend partition).

HTH

 

Ah yes, I see, I have delete volume and format available for both recovery and primary partition on the hdd. The OEM partition doesn't have any options on right click, just 'help', so I'll leave that as you say. So with the other partitions I can just delete, then format with NTFS as one big drive?

 

Cool, I knew it should work, just another oddity on mine

Yes, delete the recovery partition then extend the remaining one with all the free space. Check the drive letter assignment and your good to go