Ek, Killdisk.exe cannot run since it needs a DVD drive. For John and yourself this should be off list. Gerald --- On Tue, 11/2/10, Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) <ekhart.georgi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) <ekhart.georgi@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Dist format or disk eraser utility To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 8:30 PM Hi Gerald > I did a download of Killdisk, transferred it to my flash > drive, and then copy to my disasbled pc. Restore is not > being done What are you trying to say? And what are you trying to do? "Restore is not being done" sounds like "Restore is not being done though I was hoping it would". Perhaps you're trying to say "I don't want to restore my OS". Why do you want to throw out a computer if the only thing physically wrong with it is a defective DVD drive?