Hmmm, that's interesting. Does that mean you can use fdisk /mbr instead of
going through all the drama of removing the logical, extended and primary
partitions?
Ian Porter
Computer Guys
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Fisk"


> Demetri;
> In my opinion yes.
> You technically wouldn't have to, but I feel it's a good idea
> to blow away the partition(s) while you're at it just in case there
> is a boot sector virus on your drive.
> I will usually run "fdisk /mbr" several times just to make sure a new
master
> boot record
> is written.
> Might just be my slant on things, but I like to do a complete "house
> cleaning"
> while I'm doing a re-install.
>
> <>< Larry Fisk
>          Fisk Computers
>            Fruitvale, Idaho

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