Kyle Elmblade wrote:
>  I have a Maxtor 4.3GB HD that had an overlay on it, and I did everything short of a
> low-level format to try and get rid of it.  Nothing worked until I obtained
> a copy of the ACTUAL VERSION of this particular overlay program and removed
> it using the programs remove utility.  IMHO, that is the safest way to make
> sure the overlay is completely gone.


  I wonder if you had used the NT utility DELPART.EXE if you could have
killed it? I use it for troublesome
NTFS partitions (especially if someone has dual-boot installed NT and
Win9X).

    Here's a web source for the DELPART.EXE file:

   http://hercules.lss.ksu.edu/download/MSSTUFF/    (look in Utilities
section)

Info on it:   http://hercules.lss.ksu.edu/download/MSSTUFF/delpart.htm


HTH,

Russell Smith
Region 14 ESC Abilene, Texas
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