I am trying to create fdisk floppy from a system using Xp to wipe out one I am giving away P2 333. Read on MS website I should chhose backup/Tools/create a erd. However, I don't get that option "create an erd". Is there another way? P2 system does not boot cd.

I don't think the erd would help. Either use a running win98 box or get an image at: http://www.bootdisk.com ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

In effect you wish to wipe the drive before you pass the system on? Prsuming so there are at least two utils that will do this for you: delpart and killdisk A google for each will bring you the download sites for each... Delpart is run from a dos prompt - i.e. a:\> (achieved via dos/'98 bootdisk) and I'm presuming killdisk is the same (not having used the latter can't advise more on that util).

I've seen people recomend killdisk but I like "Darik's boot and nuke" http://dban.sourceforge.net/ if your computer won't boot from a CD but will boot from a floppy, try smart bootmanager http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/ create the floppy from the image file and boot from it, the floppy will allow you to boot from your CD drive. Or, copy fdisk.exe from the CD to a bootable floppy.

Apart from killdisk/delpart etc., - as "Mech2go..." advises... - one could simply download an image of a '98SE bootdisk (bootdisk.com); expand it to a floppy. Then use that floppy to run the Fdisk util it will contain - to remove the partition... That same bootdisk would also allow you to run delpart/killdisk etc. from the a:\> prompt... Personally I'd be inclined to run delpart/killdisk or similar (rather than a simple Fdisk routine) so as to make the drive info reasonably difficult to regain/recover...; especially if donating the PC to "A.N.Other..." and at all concerned about your personal security/privacy... Incidentally if you download the correct image it will also have CDROM drivers included; and thus would allow you to access the CDROM...