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From: crosenberg@cdp.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Zapping a partition
Message-ID: <140700040@cdp>
Date: 30 Mar 91 14:14:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!crosenberg    Mar 30 06:14:00 1991


An associate overseas posts this request for help:
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Somehow we've gotten a huge non-dos partition on our hard
drive.  FDISK and Norton refuse to delete it.  I've tried to
mess up the partition table with DEBUG but am either missing
it, or there is an extra copy I don't know about...anyway
FDISK still keeps seeing that non-dos partition.

Is there a program that will zap it?  Does anyone know how
to totally munge the partition table and all copies so that
nothing can recognize them? (we are beyond caring about
the data).

Any help would be most appreciated