I need a little help, I need the due a total harddrive wipe, On my laptop "Via The DOS Method"

& Cant remember the DOS step by step on doing it????

Can any one here help me????

Drop me an email

olpwebsATyahoo.com

Thanks
Chris

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what is your o/s 98, xp or vista?

follow this link MS-DOS format command help

the format command syntax is the following:

FORMAT drive: [/parameters]
where drive: specifies the volume to format (the hard disk letter followed by a colon) — example format c:— where [parameters] formats the disk with different options — example format c: /s will copy system files to the formatted disk or format c: /q performs a quick format.

the syntax used between Windows 95, 98 and ME differ slightly from Windows 2000, XP and Vista. to see the available Format command parameters for your operating system, you can type FORMAT /? at the DOS command line.

hope this helps

also, remember, reformatting a disk does not erase the data on the disk, only the address tables. the good news is that if you accidentally reformat a hard disk, a computer specialist should be able to recover most or all the data that was on the disk. the bad news is that for any business or corporation that is planning to donate old computers to charity, this could pose a security risk if that computer disk drive contained confidential business information. remember — just because you may donate the computer to charity that doesn't mean an honest person will end up with it. while that shouldn't deter you from recycling old computers in this way, it should be an incentive to ensure all business data has been completely wiped from the hard drive. never just delete the files and assume they are gone because you can't see them on the hard drive. businesses should at the very least run the format command to erase the hard drive.

the safest method to completely remove data is to overwrite the disk. you can do this yourself, although it is quite time consuming. to overwrite the disk would mean to format, then fill the disk completely with data, and format again. the easiest way to do this is to use a software program that will overwrite the disk for you. most of these programs, which are often referred to as "Data Dump" software, will meet even the strict deletion requirements of the U.S. military. as an added bonus, a few good data dump programs can be freely downloaded from the web. try cnet.com/downloads

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FDISK is about the only way I can see formatting in DOS. Do you have a copy? Let me know I have one that zeroes the drive. On my lappy and DT I have one key wipes that I wrote and they work very well and EVERYTHING is zeros. It cannot be recovered once it is wiped with any software currently available. My Servers well thats a different story and undisclosable as im sure you understand.LOL
Just my two cents but Peace,
Med

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My Lappy has a 160G HD and I can TOTALLY wipe it in about 25 seconds! I also wrote a neat little Partitioning tool that works very nicely for Win even though I hate Win.LOL. Get Slacked!

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jus google the "utlimate boot cd" it has an array of tools and it gives u a cmd prompt

I am currently has a disfutional Dam Vista OP system on it,

& I have a new spare legit copy of XP Pro,

But you can not "Go Back Wards In Installing a different OP system'

So right now its about an 8 pound expensive paper weight :(

Chris

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You can run Ubuntu off of the disk and use gparted to make a partition (D) to save important data. Then, wipe C drive and install XP Pro. You can also just run gparted from a CD, methinks.

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-Michael

FDISK
Ya I also have a Better Then a "US Dept Of Defense" Harddrive wipe software.

But Yes Fdisk is what I need to due, I dont need to save anything off of the hardrive, I had alll ready had everything backed up on a 300 GIG USB Portable harddrive.

But I need someone to write it down

"Step By Step For Me To Due It"

My "Real Master Computer Geek" for my website work & activism with the "Medical Marijuana Cause"

Was Keven he was "My Patient ZERO" with my online medical marijuana worked, & he passed on about & 1/2 Years ago :( "To His Illness"

& Then I had to due the hardest thing I have ever had to due, When his "Time Came" 1. To tell him in his hospital bed, That he had reached the end of his journey, & He would NOT be getting better "This Time"

Then 24 hours later, Following His Written Directions, I did the last thing we can ever due for our sick patients, Give the doctor's the written orders to pull all life support. & Giving the medical order that would in all "Effect Kill My Best Friend"

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I am not sure but I think you can insert the vista cd in the hard drive and boot to hard drive. Once the vista cd opens you can pick repair the current install or format and re install vista.

Been There!

Done That!

& It Don't Work!

Hey Mr Bill Gates, Please Feel free to stop into the "Great State Of Maine" Sometime! I got a "Few Very Choice Words" That I would just love to "Tell You To Your Face!"

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Chris S. Kenoyer. Owner And
MMJ Patient, Medical Activist,
Online Patients Advocate,
Online News Journalist
And News Reporter

olpwebs@hush.ai

www.onlinepot.org

boot your FDISK and at the prompt type FDISK then let it load into the Partiton screen. Delete Partition, then go back and restart with the FDISK again then at the next cmd prmt type FORMAT /C. Make sure to put the space in between FORMAT and /C. That will Format the Physical Drive selected. Then load your OS CD and install it.
Peace,
Med

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Yep me thinks you right. I use the Kubuntu on my Laptop . I think Linux will always have much better Partioning abilities than Windows. My desktop Runs Slackware 12.0 and I love it.
Thanks Michael

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May I also recommend A Sledgehammer? They wipe em pretty good too. LOL

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IIRC: if you delete win.ini & system.ini, i think the doze installer doesn't recognize it anymore.. best way is to wipe the drive.

you need some kind of boot disk.. i have a disc image of a 98 boot disc that i use sometimes but not all 98 boot discs came with fdisk.

all you need to do is trash the partition and you should have no problems installing xp

you could also try to use the doze installer to delete the existing partitions and make a new c drive (with a different size than the existing partition).

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just burn that iso to a floppy... it should work if you burn it to a cd too, but i have never tried it that way :-D

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