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April 2nd, 2004, 10:08 PM
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| deleted c partition, trying to reformat
Hi. I need to reformat my HD, and erase all info so it can't be recovered because i sold it. It is partitioned as C: and D: I formated and deleted C: (and don't need any info on it) and now i can't do anything with D. I can't reformat or delete it, and i created a new C which has no OS. What do i do now? Thanks for any help on this. | 
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April 2nd, 2004, 10:16 PM
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What operating system are you using? | |
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April 2nd, 2004, 10:18 PM
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deleting partitions & reformatting isn't a secure way to ensure that your old data is safely erased. you need a secure wipe utility which will overwrite every sector on the hard drive.
download killdisk and put it on a boot floppy. reboot and execute. http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm | |
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April 2nd, 2004, 10:18 PM
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Remove all your partitions.
Now you should have one unformatted partition of only free space.
Create 2 partitions using that free space, your C: and D:
and then install the OS.
BTW, What OS are you trying to install?
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April 2nd, 2004, 10:25 PM
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Sorry. I'm running XP. I thought all i had to do was delete both partitions and then make another one, but after deleting C, it won't let me delete D. It says "can't delete partition because it still has a logical drive." And then when i check, it doesn't have a logical drive. | |
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April 3rd, 2004, 09:15 AM
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April 3rd, 2004, 03:11 PM
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Just as a point of interest you can download a bootable CD that has all of the major HDD makers utilities + a bunch of other utilities. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ 
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April 3rd, 2004, 03:36 PM
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Yeah Foggy, I am in the process of D/Ling the Ultimate Boot CD myself but it is 42MB I think.
It probably would be simpler and quicker for roly to D/L and boot using the manufacturers zero fill program for the time being. | |
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April 4th, 2004, 01:43 PM
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Thanks all. I got the original IBM HDD program and erased the hard drive. Should i still run another program if i don't want anybody to recover my old files (personal info etc.), like killdisk? | |
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April 4th, 2004, 02:08 PM
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Depends on how paranoid you are.
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