Remove partitions from a Hard Drive

I am using Win 8.1 Pro.  I am taking a harddrive from another computer which as a boot partition and 2 other partitions.  I would like to completely reformat the drive to remove the partitions so I end up with just one partition of 500MB ( which
is the total drive), and I don't want it to be boot drive.  I am lost about how to do theis.

I am using Win 8.1 Pro.  I am taking a harddrive from another computer which as a boot partition and 2 other partitions.  I would like to completely reformat the drive to remove the partitions so I end up with just one partition of 500MB
( which is the total drive), and I don't want it to be boot drive.  I am lost about how to do theis.
1. Connect the drive to your computer, either internally or externally using a USB cable/enclosure.
2. Right-click Computer (This PC) > Manage > Storage > Disk Management. Identify the disk you want to delete/format and right-click the graphic of the partition to be removed, select Delete Volume and reply Yes. The partition returns to Unallocated.
Repeat this deletion for the other 2 partitions.
3. Now right-click the graphic for the unallocated space then choose New Simple Volume. Type in a meaningful Volume label name and format it (Quick format is sufficient). It is now ready for use.
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