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Old 03-28-2005, 10:24 PM   #1
Dewey
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hdd reformat from the command line


I need to reformat my whole HDD. can anyone give me the command to type into the command line?
 
Old 03-28-2005, 10:29 PM   #2
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do u want to perform low level format
for that u need some hdd tools
get them from

ultimatebootcd.com

regards
 
Old 03-28-2005, 10:39 PM   #3
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Ok, thanks for the help!
 
  


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