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Old 02-24-2007, 09:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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im looking for a program that erases HDD's with out the need for a floppy disk drive. my floppy drive died a year ago and im not gonna bother with another. Was told about killdisc but it requires the program file to be on a floppy
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Old 02-24-2007, 10:04 AM   #2 (permalink)
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im looking for a program that erases HDD's with out the need for a floppy disk drive. my floppy drive died a year ago and im not gonna bother with another. Was told about killdisc but it requires the program file to be on a floppy

What exactly are you trying to do? You can reformat a HDD using Windows Disc Management, but not your system drive.
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Use DBAN to wipe the drive. You can run it off a bootable CD.
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