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Do you have any advice of what software to use ????? Yes, it is possible with something like Norton's DiskEdit. Since you have already repartitioned and that its doing a low level format, all it actually does is write zeros in the first few tracks of the drive which completely eliminates any boot sector virus.

computer has problem.. need 'expert' advice.. :)
Low-level formatting (or writing zeros across the entire drive) is what is needed, and you will be lucky to get away with less than 4-6 hours for the 4 drives! In practise I found that writing zeros over the boot sector has so far been sufficient in all cases (and I've been at it 16 years).

BYRON NEEDS HELP!
have a low-level erase/format routine (look for key phrases like "write zeros to the drive" or "remap bad sectors" in the diagnostic routine description) that is guaranteed not to be screwed over by bad sectors, etc. For instance, the Western Digital ones (free!

Unable to Format c:
... be fixed. any advice would be helpful thanks First I would go to Malke's page and follow the instructions for removing malware and reinstalling XP. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html a) Back up _all_ your personal data. b) Make sure you have your XP cd's, drivers etc. c) Write zeros to the drive due

1782- Disk Controller Failure
... 24hoursupport helpdesk 1. check for viruses try format c:/u/c/s 2. goto manuf site and download a hdd checkin utility if drive is ok WRITE ZEROS to it then fdisk and format HTH a bit, Any advice on what I should do? Whats wrong with it? Is it a virus or its the computer that is messed up? Thanks for the help.

boot disk
The Gateway system disks have a useful utility called GWSCAN on them that can write zeros to a drive to ensure it is 100% clean before installing the OS. Back up your data and go to it! David Wills <richard_stodd...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:39fa8e90.9530157@news.mol.com.mk... I have a Solo 9300,

Former WinXP drive, even after FDISK & Format, CANNOT Re ...
This is the program to use to write zeros to the drive and perform diagnostics, not EZdrive itself. I've used this program several times to clear crap from drives with I think I also followed the procedures some of the others have talked about concerning partitioning/formating procedures and provided advice on

Opinions on Maxtor Diamon Max Plus drives?
My advice would be to write zeros to the slave drive using a utility from the drive mfg. If you can't find one, I can email you one. Then, create a FAT32 partition of about 10gig on the secondary drive, within ME or from FDISK and run XP setup, booting from the CD. Do not allow it to set the partition as active,

Could really use advice on this one....please
BoB rbrt...@worldnet.att.net alt comp hardware To verify the drives' failure one would have to put them into another machine and write zeros to them and then do a read Hi Caretaker Thanks for the advice. The drives performed perfectly well until they crashed. On the first two occasions, the drive locked into a

Hard-Drive Partitioning Woes
What is this, How do I do one and would it work, I will gladly totally erase C: drive if it works. Thanks Chris. "low-level format" ? Strange, meaningless advice. You want to write zeros to the first sector of the disk. Normally one would say (under Linux) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 assuming your

Work this out for me
I'd appreciate any advice on this. 1) Low level formatting is key. Spend the 24 hours doing it now. More problems have resulted from failing to do this than anything. Don't use FDISK, go to Maxtor ( or whomever) and download their utility to do low-level or write zeros formatting. 2) Copying shows is hit and miss.

Cable select ide cable ( physical layout is a clue)
Ghost n...@realmail.net alt certification a-plus Thanks for advice but this drive will not format and says it needs low level format. option allows you to test the drive, print results for last drive tested, repair errors found during the Test Drive option and write zeros to the drive (low-level format).

Reset computer
I told her to try this for now: Using the Western Digital utility disk to write zeros to the drive and start form scratch. My advice at this point would be to forgo the WD utility and simply use the XP installation CD to install the OS. During the process, you'll have an opportunity to delete the 137 GB

Drivespace and format problems
I want to search the hard drive by sectors and see what's there and if possible over write in with zeros. Chris Get PGP from www.pgpi.com. I don't believe there is a better PGP supports an unlimited number of overwrites. I hope you find my advice helpful. -Proxima Does PGP disk-wipe work on HFS+ hd's? YES TeRRy.

Former WinXP drive, even after FDISK & Format, CANNOT Re ...
... public ddk win2000 general try getting a low-level formatting utility from your hard drive mfg. you can also find a program to write zeros to the drive. When I select Yes, the following message: "Cannot lock the drive. The volume is still in use". I would appreciate if someone can advice me how to format or

how do I clean a HDD?
SHAWN WINGET shawn_win...@email.msn.com alt computer alt sys pc-clone gateway2000 Yes, use gwscan to write zeros to the drive before you send it back. "Brian" <106651.3...@nojunk.compuserve.com> wrote in message news:96312f$99k$1@news1.skynet.be... You are right about bad sectors. Further to advice from another

ST6-Raid Lost hard drive storage
... i think i had to write Zeros to the drive yes that was it the hard drive was all dickup Jimmy Desai wrote: u can get it through the ng or through email. Thus, when cleaning up Kak you **MUST** follow my advice about Outlook Express security settings **AND** installing the MS security patch referred to at

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Ken java...@gmail.com microsoft public windowsxp hardware microsoft public windowsxp general Rock, thanks for your advice. If I install the problem drive as a slave Rock Wrote: Install the problem drive as a slave drive, get the drive manufacturer's utility from their web site and write zeros to the drive.

Backing out.
You are right, there is no need to write zeros to the first 128 sectors on the drive in order to restart afresh. Well, from ZAP one gets the additional benefit of We could help only few of the unfortunate readers that used ZAP on your advice, and discovered after the fact that they screwed up the wrong drive.

second hard drive
William Allen PS I will leave it to others to offer unwanted advice about Linux. PPS If the above fails, it is probably because the Linux loader has placed a in my opinion, what is wrong, I will send you a small scrip that will unequivocally write ZEROs to the D: drive MBR regardless of any layout problem.