general question

[Guest]

does anyone know how to deconfigurate an intel server.. i thought it was a
straight format wiping everything off the hard /or taking it off the domain..
any idea where i can research this...
thanks
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[smlunatick]

Processing a "clean" install sohould usually take care of this:

1) Boot server with Windows Server Install CD (1)
2) During the Install, follow directions to "remove" exist partition
and recreate new partition
3) Re-install Windows Server

 

[Paul Johnson]

does anyone know how to deconfigurate an intel server.. i thought it was a
straight format wiping everything off the hard /or taking it off the
domain..
any idea where i can research this...

There is no Windows tool[1] to do this, but you can do it the DoD way for
free if you don't mind booting to a CD.

Grab a Knoppix disc from http://www.knoppix.net/ (or any other bootable
Linux distribution), open a konsole (or some other terminal program) and
type sudo -s (or whatever that particular distro's command is to get root
access). Then type

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda

and wait a few hours for it to complete. Do this several times (at least
five, 10 or more would be better) to prevent any possible forensic recovery
of your hard drive. If you're not working with the first PATA drive on the
first IDE channel, you'll need to use something other than /dev/hda for the
output file; see http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs04.html.en
for help.

If you're not comfortable with that process, ask a Linux buddy to help you.

[1] If it's not free software[2], it doesn't count.
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software