"Kristi" <a@b.net> wrote

>I got a new SATA hd. Cloned my opsys hd onto it and booted to it after
> disconnecting the original.
>
> Now I need to erase the info off that HD, and also a couple of others.
> If I connect it and boot into XP, it will probably confuse the hell out of
> XP. Any ideas?
> Probably something I can use w/o booting into XP...
> I have Linux but don't know what to use... I could also use a Seagate CD,
> but
> that would probably take forever, zeroing it out...

It won't confuse XP if things are set up to boot off the new SATA drive,
then connect the drive, boot into the OS off the new drive, and delete
whatever files you want off the old drive or format it.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]