On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:58, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 14:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > thanks stephen, but i still got the same problem. > > i believe there is something wrong with my mbr coz mandrake can't read > > the partition table. I don't know much about this thing but i'm willing > > to do it. I read that windows will somehow leave itself on a certain part > > of the harddisk even if you format the drive. Well, i downloaded the > > program to zero the harddisk here. It says this" > > "This procedure performs a pseudo-formatting to the drive. It erases all > > of your previous data and reinitializes it to "00" pattern. By performing > > this task, you will be able to erase the whole user area including your > > Master Boot Record, Partition Table, FAT (File Allocation Table), and all > > the files and data it refers to. Use this program if you want to be sure > > your drive is clean." > > > > So my question is, after running this program, can i easily boot up my pc > > properly? as in, i load in my win98 setup disk? Or will it not load at > > all and i have to fill up some other parameters? > > > > Sean > > I think you'll be good to go after "zero-ing" the entire drive - BTW, > most BIOS's have the ability to do a "low level format" of a drive...
People, please do not do a low level format unless you know what you are doing. You may have to spend a long time to restore your disk to a usable state. http://howto.lycos.com/lycos/step/1,,pop-139+24365+9929,00.html http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/ata_llfmt_what.html http://www.techrescue.net/guides/prepdrv3.asp And if you want more links... (Paste these three lines into your browser without any spaces) http://www.google.co.nz/search?as_q=&num=50&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+ Search&as_epq=low+level+format&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filetype= &as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images -- Michael
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