Wipe a Hard Disk with windows on it
Hello ! So I recently took an old HDD out from a very old laptop that doesn't boot anymore and plugged it to my current Windows 11 PC. The issue I have is that now that I recovered most of the data I wanted, i'd like to fully wipe the said HDD in order to use it for something else, but I can't find a way to do it because this HDD has Windows installed on it and my PC always starts "using" the files on it making them inwipable.
Has anyone any idea on how I can tell my PC don't to use those files so that the HDD can be wiped without issues ?
I don't know if it's important but the Windows installed on that HDD is Windows 10 (and I have Windows 11 on my pc)
Any help is welcome ! :)
My current PC specs :
OS : Windows 11 Pro ; CPU : Ryzen 9 7900X ; GPU : Sapphire 7900XTX Nitro+ ; RAM : 32Gb DDR5 CL30 ; Storage : 2Tb M2 Samsung 990 Pro + 4Tb M2 Lexar 780 ; PSU : MSI 1000w ;