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kookooshortman55 · 06-30-2009, 03:17 AM

I was wondering if there was any way to wipe a hard drive without actually logging on and booting the OS. Both are IDE drives, about 6 year old computers. One's my Dad's, OS won't boot because of virus problems. The other computer I found in my local school district junkyard. Still works and everything, but on startup it asks for the network login credentials. I want to just wipe the hard drives and reinstall the operating systems, the only problem is I can't get in them. Any suggestions?

06-30-2009, 03:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
kookooshortman55 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California/Arizona Age: 19 Posts: 1,546	Wipe hard drive from BIOS? I was wondering if there was any way to wipe a hard drive without actually logging on and booting the OS. Both are IDE drives, about 6 year old computers. One's my Dad's, OS won't boot because of virus problems. The other computer I found in my local school district junkyard. Still works and everything, but on startup it asks for the network login credentials. I want to just wipe the hard drives and reinstall the operating systems, the only problem is I can't get in them. Any suggestions? __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+ @ 2.6GHz GPU: Zotac 8800GT AMP! w/ Akimbo 740/1800/2000 PSU: 450W Corsair VX450 Monitor: Acer 22" X223W Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 HDD: 320GB HDD Speakers: Logitech 5.1 X-540 3DMark06: 9521 3DMarks