>From msdos you can also run debug.exe and... fcs: 200 400 0 a mov ax,301 mov bx,200 mov cx,2 mov dx,80 int 13 int 20 [press the ENTER key here] g q and it'll blitz ddo's and whatnot (along with all the rest of the drives content). -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > > --- 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 (-: > >
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