what must be done to a new hard drive after installation?
816066
You need to format the new drive - if it is the only hard drive in a new system, this will be done automatically as part of the installation of your Operating System (ie, windows).\n\nIf it is a second (third, fourth, etc) drive in your system, then you have to format it manually - in windows you can do this via the disk management interface - right click on 'my computer' and select manage.  Find the new volume in the disk management list and right click it.  Go to format.
261194
Use Fdisk to delete the partition then Reinstall Windows. Doubt its a dead harddrive
1099967
yeah change the hard drive jumpers to slave drive and not to master other wise you os will try and read it as your master. so just move it around till it comes on. i just got a enclosure myself took two days to figure that out
700589
you need a new DRIVE take it to a PC repair shop.
826525
Boot off the system CD and reformat your hard drive - multiple pass and zero data. Use Disk Utility. Would take a good amount of time depending on your comps' speed but it will securely erase ur hard drive.\n\nYou will need to re-install the system (since EVERYTHING is erased) then the comp is good to go.
720175
first, you have to install your new hdd in the computer's BIOS. after that you can boot from the cd/dvd/whatewer. if the computer wants to ask u a password, than this password is your BIOS password, and NOT the windows password !!!!! if u don't know that pass, the easyest way is to turn off your pc, remove the 220/110 volt power cable and remove the little 3V battery from the motherboard. leave the computer for 2-3 minutes, than put back the battery, the power cable, anmd start the system, if everything weorked well, the bios will ask you to set up the date/time and everything. the bios password is gon now :)
815757
1.Insert your boot disk \n2.restart your computer at the prompt select boot from disk\n3. when the computer boots from the disk if its a CD or Dvd you are booting from at the prompt select delete partition then enable large dsk support then create partition and restart Control/ ALT/Delete your computer then format disk.That will wipe out whatever is on your harddrive and then follow the prompts to perform a clean install of your new operating system. If it is a floppy boot dist then type in the command fdisk then delete the partition and then create the partition and then format disk after the hard drive is formated  restart the computer and then insert the CD and at the prompt select install windows.\n\n4. If it is an upgrade then do not delete the partition  or format the disk as the upgrade disk needs the original operating system to peform the upgrade.
916767
What are you trying to put on in its place? If it is a Windows operating system just delete the partition and recreate it as an NTFS one during the Windows installation.
365274
Not at all.\n\nUnscrew the harddrive and pull it out, then put in the new one.
445033
You didnt say whether it was a new of just reformatted HDD, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and start from scratch in the long run it takes less time doing it the right way. FIRST partition the HDD THEN format the HDD go to run type cmd that brings you to the command line then type format space drive letter colon (format c:) that is from the old days now if you need to format a floppy substitute a  for c Once the HDD is formatted correctly, e is usually a CD or DVD drive unless you have multiple HDDs the easiest way is to go to "my computer" and see what is there. if something is missing many times a cable has been disconnected so open the case and check to see all the connections are in place and tight
121179
Have you got any data on the drive you want to keep ?\n\nIf not just make a boot disk ( www.bootdisk.com ) and use fdisk to partition the drive and then install windows.\n\nIf you do have data then I suggest you connect the hard drive to another machine as a slave and back it up and then put it back into the machine and format it and re install windows.\n\nThere are other ways of backing up the data, please post back and let me know if you need further help.
499186
If your system come with a system dick, then boot from that and follow the instructions.\n\nIf not you will have to boot from a windows CD and re-install.
210810
Buy a cleaner or a new drive.
669332
Don't be so much worried get a good hard disk format it by using your OS if it is windows you will right click on your my computer and select manage option and hard disk tab and then you  will have a column there which will show the new hard disk activate it
1077865
What I would do is re-install Windows and all your software on the new HD and slave your current crashed HD without formatting see if you can recover any data from it.  Here are instructions on HD installation. http://www.basichardware.com/HowTo_Install_Hard_Drive.html
31383
1. Wipe harddrive\n2. Install Windows 2000 or XP\n3. Wonder why you didn't do this sooner
1031185
just remove the hard drive and stick it into the new one.