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Instructions
Remove all cables from the PC. Remove the screws from the side or back panel of the PC with the Phillips screwdriver. Remove the side or back panel from the PC. Place the side or back panel aside.
Remove the screw from the side of one of the empty hard drive bays in the PC with the Phillips screwdriver. Pull the hard drive tray out of the hard drive bay. Place the hard drive tray aside.
Pull the power cord and data cord out of the empty hard drive bay. Plug each into the appropriate connector on the back of the 120GB hard drive. Place the 120GB hard drive into the hard drive bay. Place the side or back panel back onto the PC. Reattach the screws with the Phillips screwdriver.
Plug the power cord and other cables back into the PC. Turn on the PC. Wait for the desktop to appear on the screen. Download a hard drive partitioning program to the desktop, for example the free Easeus Partition Manager or the free trial version of Partition Magic. Double-click the file once downloaded. Follow the menu commands to install the program onto the PC's hard drive. Restart the PC once the installation is finished.
Go to "Start," "My Computer," "Devices." Right-click on the icon of the 120GB hard drive that is beneath the "Removable disc &storage devices" tab in the new window that appears. Select "Properties" from the pop-up window.
Click the "Format" tab at the top of the new window that appears. Uncheck the "Quick Format" checkbox on the window. Select "FAT32" from the "Format type" drop-down menu on the window.
Click the "Start" button at the bottom of the window. Wait as a progress bar fills in from left to right at the bottom of the window. Close the window by clicking the red "X" in the upper right corner when the progress bar has completely filled in. Close the other window that is on the desktop by clicking its red "X" in the upper right corner.
Launch the hard-drive-partitioning program by selecting it from the "Start," "All Applications" pop-up menu. Select the 120GB hard drive's icon from the left column of the hard-drive-partitioning program's main screen. Click the "Delete Partition" button on the hard-drive-partitioning program's main screen.
Click on "Create A New Partition" on the hard drive partitioning program's main screen. Click on the "Resize Partition" button on the new window that appears. Move the slider that is beneath "Resize Partition" all the way to the right. Click the "Apply" button at the bottom of the window.
Click the "Start" button on the new window that appears. Wait as a progress bar fills in from left to right at the bottom of the screen. Quit the hard-drive-partitioning program once the progress bar has completely filled in.
Turn off the PC. Unplug all the cables. Remove the screws from the side or back panel of the PC with the Phillips screwdriver. Remove the side or back panel from the PC. Place the side or back panel aside.
Remove the 120GB hard drive from within the drive bay. Pull the power cord and data cord out of the connectors on the back of the 120GB hard drive.
Place the hard drive tray back into the hard drive bay. Reattach the screw. Place the side or back panel back onto the PC. Reattach the screws with the Phillips screwdriver. Plug the power cord and other cables back into the PC.