I need to re-format my little 20GB HD.

PJ Perillo · Guest

I only have a Windows 98 start-up disk, besides this MS Vista laptop I'm on.
I need to format the drive in an old desktop I'm trying to sell. Is it
necessary for me to find the files for an XP ERD?

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Andrew E. · Guest

With 98,use the FDisk utility in MS-DOS,it will reformat....

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PJ Perillo · Guest

It only allows me to format an 8 MB section. Am I choosing some wrong
options?

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Ken Blake, MVP · Guest

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:55:01 -0800, Andrew E. <eckrichco@msn.com>
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PJ Perillo · Guest

Is there any help for me, instead of you guys arguing among yourselves?! I
have an FDISK that will only create a primary DOS partition of 8 MB! Help!
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David Webb · Guest

Use this instead:

Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22920-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html

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PJ Perillo · Guest

Will this work on my un-partitioned harddrive?

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Patrick Keenan · Guest

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PJ Perillo · Guest

Thank you for something that sounds sensible, except that it will probably
void my warranty.
Conversely, it was my XP system, until I removed the other physical drive.
I had the system on this drive I'm trying to re-use, alone. The other one I
had removed was drive 0, this 20GB was drive 1.

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David Webb · Guest

It wipes the whole drive clean and fills it with zeros, whether there's anything
on it or not.

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PJ Perillo · Guest

Forgive me for having been unclear. The warranty is on my NEW Vista desktop
from Compaq. I am concerned that, if I open that case and do the needed
maint on this added drive, HP will find out and void my warranty. The
computer I am trying to re-configure used to have three harddrives, this
20GB, and 80 GB and a 100GB. I didn't pay too close attention to the fact
that the 100GB was considered the Drive 0 and this 20GB was Drive 1.

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PJ Perillo · Guest

What I need help with is just creating the primary partition for the whole
drive! My WIN98 boot disk FDISK will only allow a primary DOS partition of
8MB! This is the problem on my 20GB. I also own a Vista laptop with a
DVD-RW / CD-RW drive. If I could get some files to download onto a CD, I
could have them read onto the old desktop and, maybe, solve my problem.
Once I can get that 20GB harddrive formatted, I have a WINXP CD to load the
system. Unfortunately, I don't think the XP CD can help me with this
beginning part.
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Bruce Chambers · Guest

PJ Perillo wrote: