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Solved! Installing os on laptop with bare hard drive

JustDani

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Hello,
I need help!! have a bare hard drive that i need to put win xp onto but i cant partion or format the drive.....Any help please??
 
The easiest thing to do is to buy an empty drive enclosure and turn the bare drive into a USB drive.
 
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