First if you want to use someone else’s hard drive do more than a quick format. Something every tech learns the hard way at some point is data remains can cause problems so do a full format.
Modern windows requires gpt. Most copies of 8 and 10 have the option if you do an advanced install. Which isn’t all that advanced, just more options. 7 you will need pro or ultra to do a gpt partition from setup and xp only allows it in the MCE versions. XP and 7 had other tricks for making large hard drives work before GPT was popular.
If you can’t get it done from an actual install disc download GParted. It’s a bootable she’ll for formatting. One of the most trusted free programs available and used in many Linux and BSD installers. Set the partition map to GPT and the file system to NTFS or RFS. Then when it’s done try windows again.
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