Are you intending to save the old data?
If not than it should be as simple as deleting the old partition
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
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So it can be overwritten even if its encrypted?
Yep, unless it's some crazy hardware level encryption, probably not though. Assuming you're not worried about the data and just want to reuse the drive, just delete the partition(s) and reformat it.
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I dont care i just want space for new stuff I am quickly running out of disk space for
Heard that!
Earlier this year I was owed $20 for a data recovery, but instead of paying me, they gave me two 4TB hard drives and a 2TB hard drive, all in perfect working order.
Needless to say, I consider their debt fully paid.
I also got a nice pair of shoes out of it too. ๐
Good luck with your extra storage ๐ค
That usury!
Yes.
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