-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Attn Don: " Curse`s foiled again by Ubuntu "
- From: "Don Wilcox" <Dwilcox3@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:57:28 -0400
Take the hard drive with Ubuntu on it and either insert it into a different
computer as a SLAVE second drive or put a second hard drive in the computer
with it and make the Ubuntu drive the SLAVE drive. Once that is done
install your favorite utility on the MASTER drive and use it to delete all
partitions and then format the slave drive with Ubuntu on it.
Somebody mentioned a utility that will totally obliterate the data on all
drives installed in a computer. Put it on a floppy or CD or Thumb drive and
run it. Will someone jump in with the name of the utility please?
Don
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:52 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Attn Don: " Curse`s foiled again by Ubuntu "
> RE:
> My input regarding the effects of formatting was made because you were
> asking how to get rid of Ubuntu so you could install windows. Formatting
> the drive will get rid of Ubuntu.
> Don
> Thank`s for the information .
>
> I have now found the reason that all of my install attempt`s of Windows,
> Linspire, Acronis, Partition Magic, the restore floppy which GMan showed
> me how to get to return the hard drive to it`s origional condition ...
> which was a blank hard drive .
>
> I am locked out of the " C " drive in Ubuntu . When I try to use the "
> sudo bash " command to gain root ... it ask`s me for my password ... when
> I enter the password Ubuntu insert`s a space in the middle of it .
>
> Result ... the password it refused ( frown ) .
>
> Sooo ... I went to " Computer " and the " C " drive icon is not present
> ( phooie ) .
>
> I also found that the partition is still in place and is over 35
> gigabyte`s in size ... which is as it should be ( a small step for Teri )
> .
>
> Sooo ... this leave`s me with 2 choice`s as I see it ... throw away the
> hard drive and buy a new one ... or, go to the hardware store and buy a
> good sized magnet and pass it over the hard drive several time`s ... after
> I take it out of the P C of course .
>
> As I understand it ... the magnet will re-arrange the magnatized
> particle`s and put then in a disaray .
>
> Then I can reinstall the hard drive in the P C and use the hard drive
> drive recovery floppy file that GMan found for me ( hopefully ) .
>
> B/t/w ... thank`s GMan for the bird dogging for the file that I needed (
> big smile ) .
>
> And of course my thank`s to all of the member`s who offered help and
> suggestion`s about my problem . It`s great to have on-line friend`s .
>
> If my thinking is flawed about the magnet passed over the hard drive is
> flawed ( raised eyebrow`s ) ... please let me know .
>
> I thought I was pretty good with a P C and it`s quirk`s untill this
> happened ( the Ubuntu incident ) ... but I have found that there is so
> much more that I need to know in order to command and control this large
> accumulation of metal and plastic with a TV tube attached to it ( pout ) .
>
> Even though all this has happened I still believe in the Linux system`s
> ... I am thinking of all this hubbub to be a learning experience to pass
> on to other`s in the future ....I find Linux to be compact, intuitive, and
> very slick in it`s overall structure .
>
> Oooh well ... onward and upward .
>
> Talk atcha later,
>
> Teri Lee
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