-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Sandy
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:10:54 -0400
I concur, assuming the utility can 'see' the drive's partitions, it should
be able to tread where Windows cannot.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 11:02 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- External HDD format-- Sandy
>I downloaded the Super Fdisk image file (iso) and burned it to CD.
> Stuck the CD in a machine running XPPro and booted.
> It booted up into super fdisk displaying the disk structure of the machine
> and offers any of the actions you would expect to find in the old FDisk
> for
> DOS.
> I don't have an external drive attached to that machine but I could easily
> delete the extended drives, logical drives and their partitions.
> Since Windows hasn't loaded yet the files on an external drive aren't
> locked
> so that shouldn't be a problem. If you remove all the partitions the
> compressed files should disappear along with any other files that may
> exist
> on that drive.
> Once clean you should be able to format the drive from within Windows as
> you
> would any other drive!
> With a clean drive you no longer need a low level format.
>
> Sounds like a plan to me?
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