The hard drive is question is a blank drive out of a 2003 server. I have
repurposed this drive to go into a windows XP Pro sp2 box that needs the space.
I can not remove this partition in windows XP nor windows 2003 server.

How the heck do I wipe this drive so I can set it up as a basic disk with ntfs?

Simply install xp cd,boot to xp cd,recovery,select 1 For C: (OS),Press enter
key for password,then type:DiskPart In DiskPart,all partitions & volumes are
shown,delete the unwanted partition(s),create one,then press ESC key.If you
want it formated,then type:FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs D: being the new partition,
when its thru type:EXIT

"Patrick" wrote:

> The hard drive is question is a blank drive out of a 2003 server. I have
> repurposed this drive to go into a windows XP Pro sp2 box that needs the space.
> I can not remove this partition in windows XP nor windows 2003 server.
>
> How the heck do I wipe this drive so I can set it up as a basic disk with ntfs?
>

Andrew E. wrote:
> Simply install xp cd,boot to xp cd,recovery,select 1 For C: (OS),Press enter
> key for password,then type:DiskPart In DiskPart,all partitions & volumes are
> shown,delete the unwanted partition(s),create one,then press ESC key.If you
> want it formated,then type:FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs D: being the new partition,
> when its thru type:EXIT
>
> "Patrick" wrote:
>
> > The hard drive is question is a blank drive out of a 2003 server. I have
> > repurposed this drive to go into a windows XP Pro sp2 box that needs the space.
> > I can not remove this partition in windows XP nor windows 2003 server.
> >
> > How the heck do I wipe this drive so I can set it up as a basic disk with ntfs?
> >


Ignore Andy E, He is a troll.

Anyway:
dban.sourceforge.net

This utility, however cannot (as of the last revision) wipe the Host
Protected area. Since there is rarely anything there.... it's not a big
issue.

This utility does have the capability of reverting the drive to the
factory configuration.

http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

Patrick wrote:

> How the heck do I wipe this drive so I can set it up as a basic disk with
> ntfs?

Grab Knoppix from http://www.knoppix.net/ (it's free). Open a Konsole and
type sudo -s to get root. Type cfdisk /dev/hda to repartition the first
hard drive on the first PATA channel. If this is not the correct device,
you'll need to change /dev/hda to the appropriate device; see
http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl...apbs04.html.en

"Andy E." was NOT a troll. He was the only poster who had CORRECT information. Don't post unless you know what you're talking about.

DISKPART *CAN* help you. Here's proof:
How to delete GPT Protective Partition | Paul Gu|blog

There's plenty more like that to be found using google.

Twit.

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