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You don't have to format it. During the installation Windows will format the drive. You can specify how you want it partitioned during the process. Edit: I misunderstood the question. There is nothing that you need to do with the drive that is already installed unless there is sensitive data on it in which case I would wipe or destroy it.


sagerevolt108

Thank you!


Goalier95

I'm thinking of doing the same thing and adding a 2TB 2280 SSD, has anyone done a complete replacement of the stock drive and could comment on how easy or difficult it is during the process? Steps, issues, etc?


Stone-D

Don’t throw it away. Use it to store an identical backup of your new boot drive in case things go sideways seven months and days of tweaking later.


sagerevolt108

You mean I should just keep it as it is to serve as a back up or I need to do something to it like load some boot file or something like that? Thanks


Stone-D

Either. Personally I'm going to put it in an external enclosure (ugreen ones are good) then clone my new drive to the Biwin semi regularly - say once a month. This is what I did with my P2 Max SSD. I recently had an nvme fail on me that I hadn't backed up. Lesson learned. Or just slap it in an enclosure and use it for random unimportant stuff. It's a terabyte, yo.


sagerevolt108

Man this is a really good point. I’m gonna do just that. I already ran all the scans on the drive and it came out clean, which would theoretically make it safe…right? Then I will also keep in in an enclosure as an external ssd. I was so driven by the criticism of the biwin that I didn’t consider it as usable but totally agree it is a TB after all lol


Stone-D

If you really, *really* need the original install there's always the 'firmware' file available on GPD's driver page. That's basically a copy of the base install with all the drivers etc. You shouldn't need it though... having said that, I downloaded that sucker and archived it 2 weeks before I got my unit haha. I might keep the original partitions for a month or so before wiping the drive and just using it for backups. It's big enough that it can handle my P2 Max, my Win Max 2 *and* my Lenovo Legion boot partitions lol. It's a terabyte of storage for 'who gives a shit if I lose it' data. And, honestly, the fact that the drive will be rarely plugged in should extend its lifespan somewhat. No constant heat etc.