Glad it worked out for you and thanks for posting back.

"Kristi" <a@b.net> wrote

> On 2/3/2007 1:48:17 AM, "Kristi" 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...

> I followed Rock's advice and plugged a couple of older HDs and brought XP
> up.
>
> Then I used Heidi erase DOD 7pass to erase them. Then tossed them (2 20gb
> old
> Maxtor drives that squeal - single 20gb partition).
>
> In a week or 2 I will do the same thing to the drive I just cloned
> (connect
> it, then DOD 7pass), and then save it, or leave it connected for backup.
>
> Heidi erase is what I have used for a long time for files.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]