Reformatting Hard Drive

[ShockAndAwe^i^]

Thanks balamm!
Thanks everyone!
Hey i had to do that(write zero's)with a tech on the phone a long time ago.
Completely forgot about that thanks.
I'm gonna save that!

I can't believe you found that page at intel.
I tried finding one(bios)there before and did'nt find that page.
I found a bios there but it would'nt install.
btw it says it's non os dependent.

Hey
If I install the wrong bios,how can I recover from that?

[balamm]

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.
Mark Twain

[smiles4me]

amatuer question.....

what does write zeros to drive accomplish?

and....

think i am too green to understand...but before when i did this, don't remember using that command, and didn't have to have bios information...

sorry for my ignorance...please guide me....i have printed out instructions for fdisk and re-format from

fdisk.radified.com

and am hoping that will do it.

thanks for all your help

[balamm]

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.
Mark Twain

[ShockAndAwe^i^]

Excellent!
I'm saving your post to .txt