How do I reformat my hard drive with XP installed?

From: jammer (jaime.steinhauer@logicorp.ca)
Date: 04/02/03 

From: "jammer" <jaime.steinhauer@logicorp.ca>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:34:12 -0800

>From a regular 98 bootdisk, you boot the system then run
the zapdisk.exe, if you want me to e-mail the .exe file I
can (it is only 34k). Just drop me an e-mail
>-----Original Message-----
>what kind of bootdisk does zapdisk run from?
>
>personally if i need to wipe a drive, i use maxtor low
>level format or maxllf. it was orginally written for
maxtor
>drives, but i have run it on more different hdd
>manufactures than i can remember, maxtor do not seem to
>offer a download anymore, but you can get a copy here:
>http://ftp.hiroshi-group.com/drivers/Outils/Disques%
20durs/Maxtor/40Go/
>
>it will one pass null your entire drive - enough to stop
>most people with recovery programs, however its depend
how
>secure you want:
>http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.htm
l
>describes some recovery techniques - a better bet maybe
to
>use eraser which can do 35pass wipes. there are some
>commercially available machines that can blast drives
with
>very strong magnetic fields to completly wipe the data -
i
>forget the company - i have heard from a banking company
>that they physically crush their drives after use...
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>ZapDisk is a great utility, it fits on a boot disk.
When
>>you run it, it wipes the MBR and track 0. You have to
>>reformat the drive.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>And how do I clear off all info on disk, (government
>>>format/wipe)?
>.
>

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