I have an old hard drive that was in my old computer. I built a new computer, and I want to initialize the hard drive, so I can transfer the data from the old HDD to my new HDD. How can I initialize the drive without deleting all the data on it?
Diskpart should be of some use with your situation. Connect the hard drive to your new computer and boot into windows. Open command prompt and type: diskpart (hit enter)
- list disk (this lists all of the avaible connected disks)
- select (enter disk id of the HDD you are working with ex: Disk 1)
- online disk
That should enable it without deleting all of the information.