To overwrite the boot sector: Boot up with a DOS floppy. Type
fdisk /mbr.
Then reinstall Windows.
However, I don't believe that the Windows serial number is
written to the boot track. The serial number, in my experience,
has to be in the right format, but I have sucessfully used the
number from another disk, so apparently it doesn't need to be a
particular serial number.
--Tom
Scooterman wrote:
>
> After several lengthy talks with the folks in Redmond re: WIN9x
> "supposedly" any old number will do.... even a made up one.
>
> But everyone knows that totaly formating a HD (& even writing zeroes to
> the drive) does NOT erase the data in the boot sector... wich seems to
> contain prior info about you ("registered to" data & etc).
> [I've even used the "Military grade" software to frag a drive].
>
> I've had this data "reappear" even after repartitioning that included
> deleting the primary logical DOS section.
>
> The answer is: flip a coin & try the number given by another list
> member. Then fire off an e-mail to the guys that swear by Linux. <g>
>
> Bashing Bill Gates along the Detroit river.
> Scoot
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