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From: msp33327@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael S. Pereckas)
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Subject: Re: Something to delete non-DOS partitions on a disk??
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Date: 28 Nov 90 16:17:32 GMT
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In <17623@netcom.UUCP> mendi@netcom.UUCP (Greg Mendizabal) writes:

>From article <2732@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx>, by josevela@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Jose Angel Vela Avila):
>> 
>>   Hi, Does anybody knows something to erase non-DOS partitions on a hard disk ?

>FDISK wouldn't?  (I can't recall off-hand--I dealt with this prob before--either
>FDISK fixed it or a reformat did!!!!)

No.  FDISK only deletes DOS partitions.

I ran into this problem a few years ago, and the only way I know of is
to do a low-level format, then use fdisk, then format.  (if you have
data on that disk, back it up carefully before doing this!)

Note that low-level format has nothing to do with the dos FORMAT
program.  If you don't have a low-level format program, all I can say
is contact the people you bought the drive from.  (They (IMHO) should
have included it, but...)

There may exist programs to make this easier, but I don't know of any.


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