For help with the DiskPart commands type 'help' followed by the name of the command and then hit the 'Enter' key after the DiskPart prompt, for example, DISKPART> help clean.
That's what I want to do, but the link provided doesn't clearly explain to me how to do that." The DiskPart 'clean' command will do that. "So I can delete them and "format" the drive to be completely empty. While the MBR supported partitions as large as 2.2TB, GPT partitions can be up to 18 exabytes. The GUID Partition Table (GPT) replaces the previous master boot record (MBR) method. The format used to define the hard disk partitions in computers with UEFI startup firmware. "But what does GPT disk mean?" GPT is GUID Partition Table. Secondary question - how do I relocate my windows file storage directories to the new drive? (i.e.
So how do I tell this system to use the A2000 from now on? When I do boot with F12, I see both drives just fine. So now I'm stuck having to boot with F12 each time. When I did that, the computer stopped booting. So as a last ditch effort, I decided to boot using f12 onto the SSD, and do a complete format of the old drive. I tried watching assorted videos and reading more how-tos with no luck. I looked in the BIOS for a boot sequence, but it wasn't editable. Next I re-connected the old drive and upon boot, it returned to that drive. The OS installed fine and the PC was RAGING fast.
Then I installed the new drive, disconnected the old drive and booted using the USB. I started by creating a system recovery USB stick and creating a backup of my files to an external hard drive. I thought this would be an easy switch, but it sure hasn't been. Given its performance had become pathetic, I decided to upgrade its RAM to 32GB and a new 500GB Kingston A2000 SSD. I have an XPS 8930, i7 8700 with 16GB RAM.