Re: Simple but re-assurance needed..

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I don't know what you mean by " no discs".
Don't you want to install something? If you
want to wipe it clean that's not the same as
formatting.

This may be useful. I came across it a couple
of days ago while looking for a good Linux rescue
boot:

www.sysresccd.org

It's a 110 MB download ISO that puts a
barebones Linux system on a bootable CD. Among
other things it has qtparted on it. There are some
directions with it. you just boot the CD, load Linux,
then run : run_qtparted for a free partitioning utility
that's very similar to Partition Magic.
You can delete or remake partitions. This linked
review seems to indicate that it's a very reliable
program, but I haven't actually tried it yet myself.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1906548,00.asp


> Can somebody please tell me how to format my hard drive please?Without
> any discs if possible. Can I do it through DOS?Thanks, Paul.
>


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