Wipe The Hdd

[martymas]

i have this old comp

i play with

my problem

it used to have win 98

but i thought ide fdisked an formated

the hdd

now when i put a floppy

in the drive it says wrong sys disk

the same as the 98cd

when i boot up

it gets to the point where

it shows delete so i can get to the bios

nothing happens

i understand when this happens

it has a hidden partition

which needs to be deleted

can i down load sofware from the net with my own compt

to wipe the hdd clean

im very inexpereinced with this appli so i need blow by blow

instructions

it isnt essential

but ide like to try it

marty

[Mainter]

get killdisk

[Mainter]

http://killdisk.com/ it has step by step directions

[rhema7]

i have this old comp

i play with

my problem

it used to have win 98

but i thought ide fdisked an formated

the hdd

now when i put a floppy

in the drive it says wrong sys disk

the same as the 98cd

when i boot up

it gets to the point where

it shows delete so i can get to the bios

nothing happens

i understand when this happens

it has a hidden partition

which needs to be deleted

can i down load sofware from the net with my own compt

to wipe the hdd clean

im very inexpereinced with this appli so i need blow by blow

instructions

it isnt essential

but ide like to try it

marty

Marty

Do you have a copy of Knoppix? If you do you can use QTParted to remove all partitions and format the drive. Also hooking it upa as slave to another PC you can format from My computer by right clicking the drive and choosing to format it.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1906548,00.asp

Preston

[martymas]

http://killdisk.com/ it has step by step directions

hi ='Mainter'

i made the kill disk

but my problem is

i canot get to the bios nor can i get dos.

i can get a boot up screen.

but once it boots

i get the messgae wrong sys disk replace it then press

enter

ive tried the win 98cd and the format floppy

but that message is the same

so i either need another mobo.

or a hdd

ive already trie 2 hdds

the mobo was working prior to

me fdisking and formating

but that wrong sys disk has me stumped

maybe if i hooked it up to my own sys and

and killdisked it from there

what do you suggest

marty

[TheTerrorist_75]

The IDE cable to the hard drive could be loose or bad.

[bearskin]

wow terrorist..I didn't regognize you with the mask on....anyway to marty's question. see if you can find an old dos 5 disk...I still keep my dos 5 just for that purpose...had to use it once to wipe out dos 7.1

[xxkbxx]

Have you been toying with your BIOS Settings lately? Try clearing your CMOS by moving the jumper (located near your battery) to the clear posistion, move it back, then boot up

[martymas]

wow terrorist..I didn't regognize you with the mask on....anyway to marty's question. see if you can find an old dos 5 disk...I still keep my dos 5 just for that purpose...had to use it once to wipe out dos 7.1

hi bear skin i still have the dos disk you posted

when i put that old sys

on a compt

yes i will try that

i will try all the suggestions posted

i may do as preston suggested and use my compt to format

but appreciate all the posts.

how ever i will keep you all posted

marty

[martymas]

ok team ime posting to where im at

now

i trie kill disk

but what ever disk i use floppy or cd

i get the message

invalid sys disk- insert disk and try again

one of the problems is i have no dos nor

bios to know what option i have.

i tried preston suggestion

i put the hdd in my compt

as the slave

and it let me format.

but the results was the same- wrong sys disk

i think i need to install dos

but the disk i downloaded from a post bearskin sent

is the wrong one.

so right now im lost

marty