Darrik's Boot n Nuke is what I use when I want to make sure a HD is wiped. http://dban.sourceforge.net/
I think there really are two problems here, which Tharin pointed out. The first is that the HD was not completely wiped and the boot sector is still there telling it to run the NTLDR, which is the boot loader for Windows. A separate issue is the CD-ROM not booting. And I'm confused about that as is Tharin. Usually when you make a bootable CD-ROM from scratch you need to not only put the data files on it but also give it a boot sector to burn. Usually you can download these boot sectors from several different places. Lots more info here: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/ But, in your case you were using an image. The people that made the image should have already put the boot sectors into the image. So either they forgot (possible) or instead of creating a CD FROM an image you burned an image TO a CD. The difference is that with the former the CD has all the files that were inside the ISO whereas with the latter you get just the ISO file on the CD. Big difference. As Tharin said, you are looking for a File -> Open -> Image dialog. I know on some versions of Nero there is one of the little "open file" icons on the toolbar. Unfortunately I no longer use Nero so I can't give you the exact location. I'm using CD Burn XP which is a free program will all the burning functionality of Nero in a lot lighter package: http://cdburnerxp.se/ On 12/20/07, Rick Glazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know from several other replies that you have solved this problem. > "Burning the wrong type disk..." > > You saw the error you did because the HD was not FULLY erased... > > Some erase utilities do not go "close enough" to the beginning of the disk > to "get it all"... > > This is sometimes why people have trouble getting a "clean install" > on a HD "they think" was put back into factory condition (?actually?blank?...) > > When I want an HD fully erased (not "security erased", just the section > I am refering to), I have always used one fo the VERY old programs from > IBM, ---- ZAP or WIPE... It is getting harder to find them since I'm pretty > sure ZAP only does 128 sectors (or clusters??) and Wipe only does up to > 8G, and there is NO security section at all... > > FW/iW... Rick G > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DHSinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Hardware Group" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:39 PM > Subject: [H] Playing? > > > > What do I need to add to my cdrw to get it to read and play? > > Have cd burned with a dot-iso for FreeNAS. Yes, know it is FreeBSD based. > > OK. > > The cd seems to be missing some (?) boot loader. Which one? > > Am getting the following msg: > > > > Verifying DMI Pool Data............. > > Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure.... > > > > NTLDR is missing > > Press CAD to restart > > > > Where do I start? No idea why IT looks for NTLDR. The hard drive has been > > erased! > > Perhaps I need to format it yet again........from MSDOS.... :) > > It is only 1.08GB in size, and, is really old......but still kicking.... > > I'll be up most of the night with this one. > > Best, > > Duncan > > > -- Brian Weeden
