Clearing a Linux format.

Grimulus · 09-27-2004, 06:04 PM

okay i've sort of asked this but I think it got lost in the forum, so here we go again.

I -need- to get rid of linux on my SATA drive to back some data up on it before I reformat windows. so...my clearHDD programs won't see it because it's not in the right format...Linux won't reformat it to NTFS or FAT32 obviously...so I just need to be able to wipe it completely of any type of format and let windows format it, OR figure out someway to format it to NTFS...

are there any programs that can do this either from boot or from windows/linux??

charly · 09-29-2004, 04:36 PM

you can use fdisk to delete a NON-DOS partition.

Grimulus · 09-29-2004, 05:30 PM

i ran fdisk in linux and deleted the partitions, but now it gives me a thing when i boot where apparently I clear the rest of the drive...anyone know what i'm talking about?

09-27-2004, 06:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Grimulus Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 22 Posts: 456	Clearing a Linux format. okay i've sort of asked this but I think it got lost in the forum, so here we go again. I -need- to get rid of linux on my SATA drive to back some data up on it before I reformat windows. so...my clearHDD programs won't see it because it's not in the right format...Linux won't reformat it to NTFS or FAT32 obviously...so I just need to be able to wipe it completely of any type of format and let windows format it, OR figure out someway to format it to NTFS... are there any programs that can do this either from boot or from windows/linux?? __________________ XFX 680i LT E6600 @ 3.6ghz eVGA 8800GTS Crucial Ballistix PC6400 X-Fi Platinum Corsair HX620 560gb - 320WD + 2x120 Seagate Barracuda(sata) Stacker case Proc & NB are watercooled.

09-29-2004, 05:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Grimulus Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 22 Posts: 456	i ran fdisk in linux and deleted the partitions, but now it gives me a thing when i boot where apparently I clear the rest of the drive...anyone know what i'm talking about? __________________ XFX 680i LT E6600 @ 3.6ghz eVGA 8800GTS Crucial Ballistix PC6400 X-Fi Platinum Corsair HX620 560gb - 320WD + 2x120 Seagate Barracuda(sata) Stacker case Proc & NB are watercooled.

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09-29-2004, 04:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
charly Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: austria Age: 47 Posts: 158	you can use fdisk to delete a NON-DOS partition.