Jagpal S Tiwana wrote:
> If one can install OS without FDISK as you suggest, then why bother FDISK
> ?

I think you may have misunderstood my intent when answering the post.

>Ryan Wolfington wrote:
> I need to clear out my hard drives then reinstall.
> How do you wipe out your hard drives with fdisc , or any other way,
> then reinstal?

This person was asking a question due to the fact I don't think he
understood how to format a drive which I believe was the underlying question
at hand.

FDISK is not a simple tool and if one doesn't know what they are doing, they
can make a mess of things. It is a utility that should be used with caution
much like editing the Registry. Here again, you can do irreversible damage.

On occasion I will use FDISK when repairing a system that may have a MBR
virus or some other corrupt factor. I will also use this utility to wipe out
the MBR intentionally to get a really clean install of the OS.

> What is big deal about FDISK ?
 To quote the author of aefdisk, which you can download at this site,
http://www.freepctech.com which is called, "MS Windows XP System setup disk"

Note: Playing with partitions is a risky job! Use this program only
           if you know what you're doing! Be sure to read the documentation!

This applies to his program and also to FDISK.

Sincerely,

Frank Suszka
netTek Computers
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