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Microsoft => Microsoft DOS => Topic started by: Debbie on November 12, 2004, 08:42:05 PM

Title: ms dos and hard drive
Post by: Debbie on November 12, 2004, 08:42:05 PM

I need to know how to wipe my hard drive completely out. Can you help? ???

Title: Re: ms dos and hard drive
Post by: merlin_2 on November 13, 2004, 04:45:20 AM

load a boot floppy disk and the  enter the command  format c: after the A:\ prompt  a word of caution make sure you have all your drivers for video/sound card etc......more info here on formating  if needed>http://www.computerhope.com/formathl.htm#04

what operating system and does this have a recovery disk...some do some dont...

Title: Re: ms dos and hard drive
Post by: Computer_Commando on November 13, 2004, 02:39:08 PM

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I need to know how to wipe my hard drive completely out. Can you help? ???

Why do you want to do this?

Title: Re: ms dos and hard drive
Post by: Flame on November 16, 2004, 03:56:19 PM

Your computer manufacturer SHOULD have provided you with a boot disk... (Most do)

[glb]Flame[/glb]

Title: Re: ms dos and hard drive
Post by: merlin_2 on November 16, 2004, 06:42:30 PM

Your computer manufacturer SHOULD have provided you with a boot disk... (Most do)

Flame  


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Title: Re: ms dos and hard drive
Post by: MalikTous on November 16, 2004, 09:00:25 PM

First, back up your data and assemble the CDs with your MB and expansion card/peripheral drivers and your OS.

Then boot to a floppy or CD (use your BIOS setup to make the CDROM and/or floppy bot before the hard drive). With a floppy, first use FDISK to remove all partitions on the HD, then make new partitions. Reboot to the floppy again and FORMAT the new partitions.

If you boot to your OS CD, you can use FDISK (Win9x) or the NT disk administration tools to remove and replace your existing partitions and prepare (format) them. Unless you need to access an NT-OS partition from a DOS 7.x bootup, use NTFS with WinNT, 2K, or XP. Otherwise, and in Win9x, use FAT32. Name your partitions for convenience.