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Name: tedkilroy
Date: March 21, 2007 at 12:05:53 Pacific
OS: XP Sp2
CPU/Ram: P4 1024
Product: Compaq/Preasrio
Comment:

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.



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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 21, 2007 at 12:22:16 Pacific
Reply:

I don't think the erd would help. Either use a running win98 box or get an image at:

http://www.bootdisk.com


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Response Number 2
Name: trvlr
Date: March 21, 2007 at 12:24:05 Pacific
Reply:

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).


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Response Number 3
Name: farmerjoe
Date: March 21, 2007 at 13:52:52 Pacific
Reply:

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.


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Response Number 4
Name: trvlr
Date: March 21, 2007 at 14:26:52 Pacific
Reply:

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...


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