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To: edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: Problem with partitioning -- How to format hard drive and reinstall Windows?

From: peter wu <pwu95@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:53:27 -0800 (PST)

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Thanks for your kind reply. Yes, I am getting a lot of good tips, but I am still not sure what I can do. I now have the ultimate boot CD, but can't quite find the right tools. You mentioned a disk wiper utility, but I can't seem to find it. Which one would that be? Would it basically kill everything?

Also, how can I use fdisk and format? What do I need to do if I just want to format Linux partitions? If it's possible, won't it affect Windows partitions?

Thanks for your help, in advance.

--peter

Edward Dekkers <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You've been getting a lot of good answers, and I'm about to add another one.

Get yourself a hold of the ultimate boot cd (www.ultimatebootcd.com).

It will boot a screwed PC, you can then do almost anything you want (it has an incredible amount of tools on the CD).

I'd grab a disk wiper utility, and tell it to zap the disk.

Regards,
Ed.
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