Erase a Win 2K Drive.

You can get a trial version of a Data Eraser at www.cyberscrub.com
The one I've been using for years is from Ontrack
at www.ontrack.com/dataeraser/
I'm on Win98SE. I bought the home, single overwrite version but you can purchase a government quality over-right version that overwrites up to 7x's I believe.
many more at Google.com
Good Luck

Re-Format the whole thing.

RIVER FREIGHT

Download Killdisk.exe, a freeware utility that overwrites everything on the drives. Find it at http://www.killdisk.com/features.htm. the payware version allows you to do multiple overwrites, and meets the gov't standards for classified information disposal.

Warning! Reformating your hard drive will erase everything on your hard drive! Save anything you wish to save now! Reformated hard drives can be used to install a new operating system or purge a virus that has rendered your system unusable. If you are reinstalling Windows and can't find your CD-key, Click Here before you reformat to find your CD-key. Without it, Windows won't install properly.
First run Scan Disk and Defragmeter and Decompress your drive if it is Compressed. (See how to run Scan Disk, Defragmenter, and Decompressor.)
On Windows 2k, go to My Computer, Right-Click on your hard drive, go to Properties, Tools, and under Backup click on Backup Now...
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy Disk in the floppy disk drive and your Windows 2k CD in the CD-Rom Drive. Get a blank floppy disk because all files on the disk will be deleted in this process
In the Backup window, go to Tools, Create an Emergancy Repair Disk.
Hit Ok in the window that pops up. Leave the floppy disk and CD intheir respective drives and restart your computer. Skip to step 8.
On a Windows 9x computer, go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Start Up disk, and click on Create Disk...
Insert a 1.44 MB blank floppy disk in the floppy disk drive and your Windows 9x . All data on the floppy disk will be erased if it isnt blank. Restart your computer
When a screen appears with 3 options on how to boot your system with CD-Rom Support, Without CD-Rom Support, and Read Help file, press 1 and Enter.
Once the command prompt appears type "format C: /s". WARNING! From here on out your hard drive will be erased by chosing "Y"WARNING! Choose Y and hit Enter.
Depending on the hard drive's size, this could take from 30 minutes to 3 hours. Once it is done, procede onto Installing Windows xx to reinstall the opperating system on your hard drive.

This question was closed by the author