Formatting C
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From: HeyBub on 11 Jul 2010 07:42 Ben Stevenson wrote: > I believe first the HD has to be wiped clean. How to do that? > Must be a lonely religion (of course they all start out that way). You do NOT need to WIPE (or erase or reformat) a disk to install an operting system.
From: John John - MVP on 11 Jul 2010 07:50 Why do you believe that the drive need to be wiped? Formatting is usually sufficient when reinstalling Windows. If you really must wipe the drive then use one of these: Secure Erase http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml or Darik's Boot And Nuke (DBAN) http://www.dban.org/ John Ben Stevenson wrote: > I believe first the HD has to be wiped clean. How to do that? > > Thanks > > "John John - MVP" <audetweld(a)nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:ubcDZn5HLHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Russ wrote: >>> I managed to pick up a nasty Cryptic trojan horse and all my attempts >>> to scan the drive with updated software have failed. I think this >>> thing has got my internet connx locked up pretty well. I figured I >>> would format my C drive after saving most of my data. Now when I give >>> the command to format via Win Explorer or My Computer, I get the >>> following msg: >>> >>> Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or other >>> programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is >>> displaying the contents of the drive. Then try formatting again. >>> >>> I tried to stop any programs using task manager, but then lost my >>> other icons so I could not start up Win Expl or My Computer. Any help >>> would be appreciated. >> >> You are asking Windows to commit suicide... it won't do it! Boot the >> computer with your Windows XP CD and select to install Windows, when >> at the disk and partition selection screen you will be offered the >> opportunity to format the drive. >> >> John >
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