Re: How to format screwed-up hard drive and reinstall OS.

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To: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: How to format screwed-up hard drive and reinstall OS.
From: peter wu <pwu95@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:08:02 -0800 (PST)
In-reply-to: <02d601c5ea62$734df2b0$0300a8c0@bryan>
Reply-to: "Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)" <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Bryan, for the link. But I have a couple of questions...

First of all, is it safe to follow the procedure? I am somewhat concerned about the prospect of getting into a situation where I cannot recover anything, i.e., I might have to toss away the hard drive...

Also, do I have to make a boot diskette? I don't have a floppy drive. If I can make a bootable CD, which OS should I use?

Thanks, in advance.

-- peter

If you really want to clear the harddrive quickly use a zero fill like wipe
http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/os/misc/ibm-wipe-zap.html

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- Re: How to format screwed-up hard drive and reinstall OS.
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