HP SimpleSave drive full, want to format drive and start over

I have a HP SimpleSave 320GB that is full. Running Windows 7 I want to remove everything and start over. How do I do that? Also all I want to put back on the drive is pictures. How do I set it up to do that? Thanks

I got this topic on a search, and it is just the right question: How to start over with hp simple save.  Where are the answers?  I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, but I only have two tools: format and reinstall.  Western Digital seems to have something for this, but I cannot get into the site.

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