Simpliest way boot of a Dos Disk or Windows 95b or 98 boot disk.
at the Prompt. Fdisk/mbr
I would never sugguest a low level format especially if it is made within
the past 8 years.
Also be aware that alot of the newer drive has the ability to keep track of
being low level
formated which now will void a drive warranty.
Another trick you can do is do a search on google.com for a utility called
delpart.exe find it and put this on
a bootable dos type disk and this utility will blast any type of partition
into oblivian. Then fdisk/mbr and your drive is
as good as new. This only takes about 35 seconds to do the whole thing and
you are ready to rock like a new drive out of the
package.
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