How can I reformat or erase the primary harddrive without the OS disc?
I need to erase the hard drive. It’s the one and only hard drive on the computer. I don’t have the OS or boot disc. I have XP. I need to erase everything because I am getting rid of the computer.
simple u can do but u cant format hole drive. u can format primary section thats which drive u installed os that is called as primary section u have to do before formatting
backup ur files in same drive through norton ghost back up and format
and run back files
and copy files to primary section u have been success fully formatted
For a total security wipe, I like "Darik’s Boot and Nuke" (DBAN), which can be downloaded from:
http://www.dban.org/
Download the appropriate version, make a bootable CD (or diskette), and boot from it.
DBAN will wipe the ENTIRE disk. Don’t use it if you want to keep the utility partition, or the "factory restore" partition.