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how do I wipe out my hard drive
in preparation for installing windows 7 I would like to clean off my hard drive for a fresh start. in the old days we just did a format c:/s but I don't know if that works anymore.
5th May 2010
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You need
A god from outside the machine. Instructing your OS to format c is to cause a snake to begin swallowing itself at the tail. Eventually, there will come a moment of crisis.
5th May 2010
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Plug in your WinXP CD...
(I say XP because I don't know what it's like for Win7)and boot from CD. Then go through the process of formatting it in the initial setup... then just don't install XP...
That's what I'd do... or use a disk eraser and a CD operating system (Oh Smeg links to a good one all the time to people... can't remember what its called)
That's what I'd do... or use a disk eraser and a CD operating system (Oh Smeg links to a good one all the time to people... can't remember what its called)
5th May 2010
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Use win7 format while installing
You copy of win7 should allow you to reformat and/or repartition your hard drive(s) while installing. Actually no need for other software
5th May 2010
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I personally like Boot & Nuke available free here
http://www.dban.org/
Though some people have a problem with some SATA Drives so they use Kill Disc which is also a freebie available here
http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm
If you have any suspicion of a Infection on your HDD either of these will kill it completely as they write zero's to every sector of the HDD instead of just writing to every third sector with the Windows Format Option and even less with the Fast Format.
Col
Though some people have a problem with some SATA Drives so they use Kill Disc which is also a freebie available here
http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm
If you have any suspicion of a Infection on your HDD either of these will kill it completely as they write zero's to every sector of the HDD instead of just writing to every third sector with the Windows Format Option and even less with the Fast Format.
Col
6th May 2010
