Hi,
You will need to do the so-called "low level format" which there are
utilities to do or you can use DOS debug command and use that utility.
The exact commands and parameters to use you may look up on the internet
or I will find it sometime and send it out.


Philip Fooks, 
SIEMENS Business Services Inc. 
Custom Support Engineer, Intel Corp.
(253) 371-8003 Desk 
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of GeorgeMary Skokan
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 5:28 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Format Linux under Windows

I'm not sure if you want to format & put Windows and linux on the same
disc or just format to use the spare with windows.  If you want to put
the 2 side by side, most linux distributions will let you edit the
partitions so you can fit them on the same disc during setup.  They
detect the windows installation and offer alternatives.  It will put the
boot manager on the drive and you can boot either linux or windows
If you want to format the spare for windows, it depends on the system.
With XP you can delete the partition with the disc manager (right click
"My computer" and chose "Manage") and go into disc management.  You can
delete the partition or drive and format it as NTFS or FAT.  If you have
win9x you can use Fdisk and  format the drive.  Usual disclaimer........
Back up your data before in case anything goes wrong.    HTH   George

You wrote:

>Date:    Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:32:33 +0800
>From:    Joseph Rene C Hallare <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Format Linux under Windows
>
>Hello all,
>
>I have been toying with Xandros Linux on a spare hard disk but now I
would like to reformat the disk. I cannot see it on windows. What will I
need to do? What program will I need to format it?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Joseph
>

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