I don't think the drive will boot any more, may get lucky one more time. I will have to remove this new hard drive and put the old drive back in to see if I can format it.
I do have an old tape bulk eraser that I used to erase backup tapes long ago. I will give that a try also. I have an external drive enclosure that I can use for standard hard drives but it won't work for laptop drives. Maybe they make one for laptop drives so I can access the drive via USB port and format it that way. Darn drive had a bunch of company source code on it and don't want to give it away Thanks, Kent -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions,LLC Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 3:27 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Format laptop harddrive On 3/2/2011 1:49 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Jarvis, Matthew<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ya, but if the drive is failing what ya supposed to do?? >> >> Hmmmm........ >> > > It's true that a failing drive is unlikely to let you write over all > the sectors, but it's better than nothing. It's not like you're > throwing it away in the trash. If you have some faith in HP, you'd > like to think they will take care of it. > > Normally, I use DBAN to do multiple wipes of the drive. > > Then I disassemble it with a sledge hammer. > > That probably violates the warranty, though. > We use a software here called Wipe Drive. Boots from CD and looks DOS-ish. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/8F829C5A58054550BD588994AE9FEABC@LaptopW7 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
