--- Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > fdisk will not do a clean format in this situation. > The Ontrack software operates on the same principle > as EZ-Drive > and creates a "special" protected sector on the hd > prior to the MBR > and no amount of formatting will remove it. there is one way to zap out anything on mbr or before it: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx count=100000 usually, when a disk partition is corrupted or the MBR is messed up, you clear up the first sectors of the disk. its gonna be like a newly unformatted disk right after doing that command. it also efficiently deletes SystemPartitions (about 10 MB) created by Compaq, Dell, etc. > The only manner in which it may be removed is by > uninstalling it. > > You can then fdisk /MBR and format the hd with the > utility of your > choice including the Mandrake installation. > > Charles (-: > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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