Using Eraser to format hard drive

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Anonymous

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My CD drive won't read CD's anymore because I suppose I had an illegal copy of XP Professional. Now I have a legal copy and I want to format my computer but it's difficult when the CD drive doesn't read CD's. Is there a way to use Eraser to format my drive?
 
garrett01

garrett01

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If you want to erase everything on your PC including the Operating system etc. you can use Darik's Boot & Nuke option that comes with Eraser. You create a boot & nuke CD or FLOPPY and place it in the drive and then boot up the machine. All is erased, not formatted.
Details at: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/faq.php

IMPORTANT: If you CD Drive doesn't work, I don't know how you are going to re-install the Operating System. You had better get that fixed before you do anything else?
 
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