Duchess Jack Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I can't stand it and its taking up too many resources. I cannot find any way to remove it or format my hard drive. Any hints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I can't stand it and its taking up too many resources. I cannot find any way to remove it or format my hard drive. Any hints? What will you be replacing it with? If you are going to install another OS, then I suggest formatting your hard drive. If you are going back to Win XP, during the install process, it will prompt you to format the hard drive. I am not sure about Linux as I have not installed one in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 You can download a utility like Maxblaster from Maxtor's website, burn then boot from CD and do a 'low level' format. It will wipe the drive clean, write a zero to every bit. The drive will be clean as driven snow. Maxblast works on any brand HD, virtually all IDE and SATA drives. There is also a win based tool from western digital, but the HD in questions would have to be slaved in that system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABearWithFurniture Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 A software hammer works nicely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 You can download a utility like Maxblaster from Maxtor's website, burn then boot from CD and do a 'low level' format. It will wipe the drive clean, write a zero to every bit. The drive will be clean as driven snow. Sounds good. I will give it a try. I tried getting to the dos prompt from vista but could not w/o being in safe mode. I tried booting from an XP CD (changed the boot sequence) and it would not do that either. Thanks for the suggestion. Is it freeware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 You now, you could make a dual boot system with Ubuntu. It is extremely easy to install even if you know nothing. I've got my hd cut in half with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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