500gb wd5000bevt resetten?

I have a 500gb hdd WD5000BEVT removed from my laptop because my old laptop was dead. and I want to have my data off.
Can I reset the WD5000BEVT somewhere? that he again is completely empty?

hopefully you can help me

You can use a program to erase writing zeros ou all the surface.
See the software available on the wd website for the pc diagnostics when an hard drive goes bad. It have that option