Upgrading questions

[conscu]

Hi there

I bought a desktop from PCS around 2 years ago, and have decided it's now time for some upgrades.

I upgraded from a radeon HD 6850 to an evgo gtx 660 2gb (which came in the post today) and the graphics card is working wonderfully

However, I also order a kingston 240gb ssd which is due to come tomorrow

My question is, on my desktop right now i only have the one HDD (WD black 1TB) which my OS is installed on.

If i want to erase this hard drive and start over again (as if i just put a new HDD in the pc) what would i have to do - I understand all my files will be lost but that's fine

I'm just confused because the website I was reading said I had to partition a hard drive before it can be used etc. (but mine should already be, right?)

I also want to install my OS on my SSD, so any help would be really appreciated! a link to a good step by step guide would be nice

I was reading online that erasing windows from a C drive is difficult, and you need to use USB drives etc. with the OS installed on them but there has to be an easier way!

thanks!

 

[vanthus]

Install the SSD,and while inside the case disconnect the HDD.
Now install operating system to the SSD,reconnect the HDD (with computer unplugged)
Boot to OS on SSD,you can then save any data and then format HDD from "computer".