|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 150
Member
|
OP
Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 150 |
Hi All, can you reformat your hard drive with the f/disk and format c:/s commands?
Thanks in advance!
|
|
|
Visit Atcom to get started with your new business VoIP phone system ASAP
Turn up is quick, painless, and can often be done same day.
Let us show you how to do VoIP right, resulting in crystal clear call quality and easy-to-use features that make everyone happy!
Proudly serving Canada from coast to coast.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,039
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,039 |
No, but you can do a "New (or clean) Install" from the XP disk and it's supposed to be the same thing as F-disking was in '98 but I don't believe it's as good as it was in the old days. But that's just my opinion!
It has been a long time since I needed to do that but I think if you really want to wipe a hard drive out you can slave it and then format it for a truly (supposedly) formatted disk.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 150
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 150 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,033
Moderator-Toshiba
|
|
Moderator-Toshiba
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,033 |
Remember that formatting will not erase the data on the HDD, only make them appears as "deleted" items. If you really... really want to delete it, I suggest a program called Darik's Boot and Nuke. You can find it and information on it at the following link : https://dban.sourceforge.net/ Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. ---- Some related reading : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence ---- Have fun and back up anything you may want to keep  :thumb:
- Tony Ohio Data LLC Phone systems, data networks, firewalls and servers in Central Ohio. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 457
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 457 |
Originally posted by bluzman:
Hi All, can you reformat your hard drive with the f/disk and format c:/s commands?
Thanks in advance! absolutely... of course, you can't use them on a system drive while within Windows, so you'll have to make a boot disk to do it from. there are better tools though.
"There is one thing and only one thing in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth." - Leo Tolstoy
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,424 Likes: 1
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,424 Likes: 1 |
I have used DBAN several times and I definitely recommend it.
Jeff Moss
Moss Communications
Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling
MBSWWYPBX, JGAE
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,630
Moderator-Avaya, Nortel
|
|
Moderator-Avaya, Nortel
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,630 |
Thanks for the link to DBAN. Thats what I have been looking for.
|
|
|
|
Forums84
Topics94,312
Posts638,910
Members49,772
| |
Most Online5,661
May 23rd, 2018
|
|
|
0 members (),
179
guests, and
47
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
