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...

Thanks!

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Kristi
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ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
Raxco PerfectDisk8
XP Pro SP 2++++

"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]

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...
>
> Thanks!
>


To protect your personal information and data from any future users
of average skills, you should, at the very least, format the hard drive.
If you wish to do a more thorough job of protecting your personal
data, WipeDrive
(http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive...hard-drive.php) meets U.S.
DoD standards for securely cleaning surplus unclassified hard drives,
and could be used before formatting and reinstalling the OS and
applications.


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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...
>
>Thanks!
>

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.

Thanks all!!!

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Kristi
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ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
Raxco PerfectDisk8
XP Pro SP 2++++

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]