Resolved Corrupt HD

Wierd question. Recently (due to a known reason) I had a HD become very corrupted...so corrupt that nothing in the F keys would work. Could not access BIOS, System Safe Boot, etc.

Got new HD and reinstalled Windows. (I wanted a larger HD anyway so decided to kill two birds with one stone). After the new Win7 Installation, all worked just fine, all F keys, etc.

Now question: I would like to install the old HD into my open bay in my computer. The old HD has Win7 installed but this is the HD that caused all the problems (sorry, this is the HD with the old Win7 operating system that caused all the problems).

If I put the HD in open slot, since Win7 is installed, the computer is going to read 2 boot systems. This is OK with me. I wish to 'clean' up the old HD and leave nothing on it but the old Win7 operating system and just let it sit. That way I have a clean Win7 on a clean HD in case I need it. I realize it has to stay with this computer and that is fine.

Do you guys think that if I do all this that there is a 'possibility' of getting the CMOS or BIOS ******* up again? In other words, is it possible that my computer, which is running fine now, reads the problems on the old HD and does something to the CMOS or BIOS and I get really ******* up again and would have to reinstall Windows again?

May be a stupid question but I need a professional answer before I do this and ***** up things again...can this happen?

Thanks.

 

It would help if we knew your specifications

But generally you should be fine, if you have any issues removing the newly installed old drive should put you back the way you were.

A currupted HD will not affect your BIOS or CMOS settings though it may cause the computer to crash during POST (which I believe from your description is what happened).

Personally I'd trash the drive or at the very least run extensive diagnostics on it before using it (even then I'd probably never trust it again).

 

If you want to experiment with your old HD, the best place to start with would be downloading the utility from hd manufacturer's site & testing the old hd thoroughly with it - note that some test can take hours & could stretch to days if your hd is damaged.

If the tests declare your hd to be ok, you can proceed further else ditch it.

 

Thank you all. This gives me the information I was seeking. I will install (place in slot) the HD and then from my OS I will remove excess programs and leave only the Win7. I thank you all for the information...consider this closed for now.

 

Why ? Are you planning to boot from new hd or old hd ? If you boot from new hd, any "removal" you do would happen on new hd & not on old hd

Why not just backup and format the old hd & get done with ?