Formatting Hard disk

Emanuele · Dec 4, 2007, 02:54 PM

Hi all!

This is probably not the right forum to post this question but I was wondering if you guys can give me some tips on how to format my hard disk on my PC since I will be selling it soon! I got a new iMac and the PC has to go!

Since it has NO Floppy Drive is there a way to format everything without it? A low level format would be sufficient... ( a free app that does that?)

I just need to give the PC without anything installed on it!

Thank you!!

Emanuele

volvoben · Dec 4, 2007, 03:36 PM

dban will wipe your disk clean as new, just burn a cd of the iso, boot to it and nuke away.

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Emanuele · Dec 4, 2007, 04:24 PM

Ben,

thank you so much! That is absolutely perfect!

Emanuele

Dec 4, 2007, 02:54 PM	#1
Emanuele macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2007	Formatting Hard disk Hi all! This is probably not the right forum to post this question but I was wondering if you guys can give me some tips on how to format my hard disk on my PC since I will be selling it soon! I got a new iMac and the PC has to go! Since it has NO Floppy Drive is there a way to format everything without it? A low level format would be sufficient... ( a free app that does that?) I just need to give the PC without anything installed on it! Thank you!! Emanuele

Dec 4, 2007, 03:36 PM	#2
volvoben macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nowhere fast	dban will wipe your disk clean as new, just burn a cd of the iso, boot to it and nuke away. http://dban.sourceforge.net/ __________________ abvd photo

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Dec 4, 2007, 04:24 PM	#3
Emanuele Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2007	Ben, thank you so much! That is absolutely perfect! Emanuele