On 9/22/2012 12:20 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Sb, 22 sep 12, 14:31:06, d d wrote:
I need advice on removal of the microsoft hidden partition and other
software from a hard drive
leaving a completely clean hard drive.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/yourdrive bs=1M
But does that remove the partitions themselves? I thought the OP was
wanting to actually delete the MS partitions, which are used to restore
a computer to its factory default with all the overbloated crappeware
that gets put on them by the OEM.
If this is a newly acquired drive without an already built up Linux box
to run it in, then the System Rescue CD mentioned in my other post is
the best way to prep it for a new life. Otherwise, putting it in an
already built system will do, just need to run the partitioner on it
(fdisk or cfdisk as mentioned previously.)
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