Why not look at the DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) disk - it should help to blow the partition table and everything away.
Jamie On Tue, February 14, 2006 9:04 am, Wayne Johnson wrote: > At 10:36 AM 2/14/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: > >> I have tried all I have to get rid of the little 8 MB partition on a >> Samsung SV8004H hard drive on Hewlett Packard that I want to do a >> clean install on. In times past, Seagate came to my rescue, but not this >> time. >> >> I tried FDISK and the XP Installation process, to no avail. Samsung >> says it discontinued its hard drive preparation software since Windows XP >> CD will do the same thing. >> > > Don't know what you're talking about because the Low Level Format > util is at > <http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/sutil.htm> and > Diagnostic is at > <http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm> > & <http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/hutil.htm> > > > FWIW I have downloaded all of them without any problems. > > > OBTW Google is your friend. > > > ----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > <http://www.wavijo.com> > > > -- Jamie Furtner [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I aim to misbehave" - Malcom Reynolds (Serenity movie) "It's not safe... "For them." - River Tam (Serenity movie)
