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Offline rogerdee

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formatting harddrive
« on: June 24, 2004, 01:42:48 PM »
ok  guys  simple  question.how  do  you  wipe  a hard drive  so its  completly blank  to start over.
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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2004, 02:44:47 PM »
If want to be sure all data is destroyed, then you need to visit the hard drive manufacturer's WEB site of the hard drive to see if they offer a low-level formatter for IDE/ATA/SATA drives.

For SCSI drives, your SCSI Host Adapter should have a formatter in the BIOS ROM.
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