The second most through format I know. The most through is the low-level
bios format, but only old bios will do that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting
> That would be great, John.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Rye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 9:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting
>
>
> Rod Baxter wrote:
> >
> > Easy.
> >
> > Boot from a dos boot disk and use dos fdisk. Delete all partitions and
> > reboot from the floppy. Then type fdisk /mbr which will rewrite a
> standard
> > master boot record.
> > But, (as allways!!) if you cannot delete an extended partition because
it
> > says 'cannot delete while logical drives exist' and when you go and look
> > there are no logical drives you need to cheat a bit.
> >
> > Go into the bios and change the disk drive settings. If its running LBA,
> > change it to normal. Reboot and you will find the logical drives will
have
> > dissapeared. Delete everything, then reboot and put it back to LBA mode.
> > Then go through the loop again, and finish with the fdisk /mbr command.
> >
> > If its a small disk and you are not running LBA, then just change the
> drive
> > type to something else.
> >
> > Rod
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kelly, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'Newbie'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 9:23 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] Ultimate Formatting
> >
> > > Anybody know how to completely wipe a HD clean?? I am having major
> > problems
> > > and need to start over. I need to blow away partitions and all. Make
it
> > just like new.
>
> There is a rather smart wee utility called ZeroDisk out there somewhere
> which rewrites every sector. I have used that to do Security Wipes.
>
> I may have a copy here somewhere - whant to check thru the floppy box?
>
> Cheers
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