cleaning HD??

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sci-fi-man

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Someone just gave me a few older hardrives..not very big...but usable...just want to put together a few very basic computers

The only problem is...the drives have Win2000 on them....I'd like to put Win98 on them...I can't seem to get this done...I can't format the disc for some reason..It doesn't seem to find the disc...I tried to use fdisk to re-partition the drive..but it's not working....i've never really done anything like this...so it's not going well

Any ideas??....how can I clean everything off these discs to put another OS on them??...
 
sci-fi-man said:
Someone just gave me a few older hardrives..not very big...but usable...just want to put together a few very basic computers

The only problem is...the drives have Win2000 on them....I'd like to put Win98 on them...I can't seem to get this done...I can't format the disc for some reason..It doesn't seem to find the disc...I tried to use fdisk to re-partition the drive..but it's not working....i've never really done anything like this...so it's not going well

Any ideas??....how can I clean everything off these discs to put another OS on them??...
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Check the jumper setting on each of the older drives. If set as master try the
cable select position. If the drives are too old such as ATA66 and not ATA100
or ATA133 that would be another reason for the lack of detection. If you have
an XP recovery or full install disk you can use the option to delete the current
partition and then cancel the install will wipe a drive. But fdisk will accomplish
the same. The last option to clean a drive is a zero fill utility that writes zeros
to the drive to completely wipe everything. Many will set that to run overnight
due to the slower process there. Check jumper settings and cables too.
 
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