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Formatting Hard Drive

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  • 19-02-2007 12:24pm
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    sham69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Should be a simple enough answer to this ( I hope) I am trying to format my hard drive in my dell dimension desktop running XP but I don't have a floppy drive? Any ideas, I was looking for a boot cd but couldnt find a good one plus when I tried a fresh install of XP the old one was still there.
    Any advice appreciated.
    Thanks
    Sham.


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    The GParted Live CD will allow you to format your disk.


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    sham69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭sham69


    Thanks Aidan I will give it a go.
    Sham.


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    Amalgam
    Registered Users Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Just to say, if you wish to securely erase a HD, Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN"), installs to a USB stick with just a click.

    http://dban.sourceforge.net

    WARNING: this gets rid of everything..


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    When you're installing XP, delete the old partition that Windows was on then make a new one and install on that - then it'll format it and your old install will be gone.


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    sham69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭sham69


    thanks all for the help.


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