re formatting HD?

[V98ci]

Can anyone tell me how to reformat a HD? I have a puter that I am going to sell and need to wipe the drive. It has Win 98 se.

[Sirc]

Originally posted by V98ci@Apr 17 2003, 10:30 PM
Can anyone tell me how to reformat a HD? I have a puter that I am going to sell and need to wipe the drive. It has Win 98 se.
You have to boot from another bootable disk, like a floppy or CD that has an OS on it.

[Sirc]

Originally posted by Sirc+Apr 17 2003, 10:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Sirc @ Apr 17 2003, 10:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--V98ci@Apr 17 2003, 10:30 PM
Can anyone tell me how to reformat a HD? I have a puter that I am going to sell and need to wipe the drive. It has Win 98 se.
You have to boot from another bootable disk, like a floppy or CD that has an OS on it. [/b][/quote]
Erm, because you can&#39;t reformat the boot drive. Forgot to mention that.

[V98ci]

I have the Win 98 se disc. Will that do it?

[JIMINATOR]

Originally posted by V98ci@Apr 17 2003, 10:41 PM
I have the Win 98 se disc. Will that do it?
go to control panel, add/remove programs. i think on one of those tabs it will
have an option to make a boot disk. how come you are reformatting it?
To get rid of porn before you give it away? :-)
otherwise you can just delete all of the files and use it as a spare,
or load linux on to it or something...
EDIT: nm, ok for sale....

[Sirc]

Originally posted by V98ci@Apr 17 2003, 10:41 PM
I have the Win 98 se disc. Will that do it?
Any disk, floppy or CD, that you can put in your computer and cause it to boot from the disk instead of the HD should work. If it will boot from the CD then it will probably bring up Windows and and you can do it by right clicking on the HD, going to properties, select Tools, and format. If it&#39;s a floppy then it will probably go to DOS, in which case you will need to type the "format c:" command at the DOS prompt. Beware that this will make the computer unusable unless the person who you are selling it to has a Windows OS install disk.

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Link to formating a hard drive (http://pcsupport.about.com/library/weekly/aa082602a.htm)

[V98ci]

Originally posted by JIMINATOR@Apr 18 2003, 03:46 AM
To get rid of porn before you give it away? :-)

Porn? Me? Well I never&#33; That would be the most offensive thing I have ever heard, if it weren&#39;t true&#33; :thumbs:

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Just a short note here. Even though format will keep the newbies from finding your data, if you really want to be secure, you need a utility like wipedisk from Norton Utilities. It writes over the the entire disk. Format just rebuilds the file structures.

[Sacrifice]

isnt it start->accesories->system tools->disk cleanup?

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Originally posted by Sacrifice@Apr 18 2003, 01:31 PM
isnt it start->accesories->system tools->disk cleanup?
Uhmmm........sure............. and remember to use lots of soap&#33;&#33;&#33; ;) :rofl: