problem with hard drive

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Peter K L Milnes

I cannot format my old hard drive to remove unwanted software from it. The
chap who fitted the new hard drive converted the old one to NTFS but even he
could not get the drive to accept format and be wiped clean. It is annoying
as the software is only a partial installation of some old Symantec Norton
System Works files.

Hope you guys and gals can help, cheers, Peter. (I run XP SP2 from a clean
install).
 
Install xp cd,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,then type:
DiskPart In DiskPart,delete the partition (C:),create one,the press Esc key,
back in cmd type:FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs When its thru type:EXIT
 
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