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**Deleted090308** · 02-24-2008, 05:55 AM

Hi

You can format it with, for example, Parted Magic or Windows' Disk management.

If you want to do a low level format - use DBAN. DBAN will write zeros to all areas of the drive. That process takes time - about 1 hour for 20GB.

Before you use DBAN or Parted Magic - disconnect the other hard drives. It's easy to make a mistake and wipe the wrong drive.

02-24-2008, 05:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: I want to erase the original HP HD Hi You can format it with, for example, Parted Magic or Windows' Disk management. If you want to do a low level format - use DBAN. DBAN will write zeros to all areas of the drive. That process takes time - about 1 hour for 20GB. Before you use DBAN or Parted Magic - disconnect the other hard drives. It's easy to make a mistake and wipe the wrong drive. Last edited by Deleted090308; 02-24-2008 at 05:57 AM.