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This is my first post to this list (I've been lurking for a few days...it sure is a busy list! :-)). After trying to figure out if my assorted bits of hardware can be expected to "play nicely" with a fresh Linux distribution installation, I've decided that the only thing to do is to take the leap and see what happens! :-) I've just ordered the "Mandrake 9.2 PowerPack", and anxiously await its arrival! This is a new computer, with *mostly* new hardware inside (there is, from my old computer, a spare 20 GB hard drive and an older model GeForce2 MX-400 graphics card with 64 MB video RAM), and there are a few external hardware bits from my old system as well (a four year old Lexmark 3200 printer, and relatively new Creative I-Trigue 3500 speakers). I'm also currently using a Linksys external cable modem that some have told me might be a problem with Mandrake, so I'm looking into a "proper" ethernet card. Anyway, here's my plan... I have two hard drives in this machine: "C:\" is an 80 GB drive with WinXP installed "D:\" is a 20 GB drive, onto which I intend to install Mandrake 9.2 As I mentioned, the 20 GB drive is from my old computer (other than size, it's got the same specs as my new 80 GB drive (Seagate 7200 RPM ATA-100). Here's my essential question of the moment... I'm finished copying over all the files I want to save from the old drive to the new one, and I'm ready to clear the old drive in preparation for my Mandrake installation. I've been told that the Windows method of "formatting" the drive will not be the thing to do here. So...how do I "clear" this old drive to get it ready for a clean installation of Mandrake? I'm sure that once I've installed Mandrake, I'll have at least 5000 more questions for this already busy list! :-) Thanks! - -- Melissa PGP public keys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Body=Please%20send%20keys -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/r/zHjVbXUvsE8ukRApssAKCHnQ8DftTdntHRLOHpyAvCYWndIwCgytmm CIB7nrnoZsASIpVLFEtt5qc= =OuZ+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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