Does anyone know how to completely wipe drive C for XP Pro?

i have a laptop running XP Pro and i want to format the hard-drive ready to install Linux...being a Microsoft product it is a fucking waste of time looking up the problem on their help menu/website.

i tried format c: from the DOS prompt but it wont let me

I have no freakin idea.

Ardeo said:

If I re-installed XP from my discs it would reformat the whole thing, but my discs also restore my factory settings (ie Put on all my sortware).

I'm gonna wait til I get a hard disc that isn't phiscally curupted!

CAMILLE4U said:

thats one way...but i will still have XP on my disk

Ardeo said:

Where did U buy it from?

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best way is to g/disk it

if u are nice to me

i might hook u up with a copy and instructions on how to use it

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CAMILLE4U said:

the laptop is hot and the copy of XP Pro is a copy i.e. no technical support

youngsoulrebel said:

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i wouldn't advise installing unix/linux on your laptop though
laptops have an abundance of drivers, that are specific for that machine
if you wipe your hard drive then install a new o/s
you could find that your laptop does not work

as a rule i dont mess with the original configuration of laptops, to much headache.

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youngsoulrebel said:

i'm selling this peice of crap and getting an iBook...the guy who wants it asked me to install Red Hat Linux 4 him...i agreed thinking it will b straight 4ward...man i feel like a dumbass

Ardeo said:

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boy u best put those fingers down before i snap them off

i was being serious
g disk is a utility for wiping hard drives clean

but shit that wasn't nice enough now u get nuttin

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youngsoulrebel said:

gdisk is on kazaa

Ardeo said:

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yeah but how the fuck you gonna download and install it with broken hands

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youngsoulrebel said:

voice command?

Ardeo said:

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k u got me

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Yeah, but U can also use F-disk..

Hifi said:

on XP Pro?

Hifi said:

in theory yes, but it never works, linux doesn't like any semblance of microsoft code or formatting. shit it would be easier to just get a new hard drive

and yes ofcourse there is a fdisk utility on xp pro unless you got one of those of those pre installed copies.

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[This message was edited Mon Jul 28 15:32:12 PDT 2003 by youngsoulrebel]

If you're really lazy, sticking a magnet against your hard drive will wipe it out.

Red Hat 4 is the suck. At LEAST download Red Hat 7.3, You should update to the latest though.

Here's a trick and you'll love having the CD afterwards: get the english Knoppix ISO. It's a boot off CD Linux app and it will do the work of killing any partitions you need. It comes with a tons of free apps like gdisk, linux fdisk, etc. and other more graphical disk management tools.

If you want to be REAL SWEET. Get VMWARE and boot a Linux app on your XP install

Honestly: I'm confused, though. I'm having a hard time understanding why you bash WinXP and praise Linux/Mac, but you have no idea how to kill NTFS5 partitions.

Anyway, http://www.linuxiso.org is your friend.

Dauphin said:

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yes do what he says

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[This message was edited Mon Jul 28 17:23:44 PDT 2003 by youngsoulrebel]