I believe what he is talking about is called lowlevel formating , if
he can determine the manufacturer
of the harddrive in question I can direct you to the appropriate webpage
where  you can download the
right utility program to accomplish this .

                                    Herman Morgan

Tom Mayer wrote:

>If you really want to do a security wipe on the hard drive and then start
>over, here is a free wipe utility. It is not a high level security wipe but
>should suffice for home use.
>
>http://www.killdisk.com/features.htm
>
>Look at the last question in the Q&A section as it explains what you need to
>do after the wipe to make the system operational again. The computer
>requires a floppy drive. You will need a bootable floppy disk with at least
>"fdisk" and "format" on it. And you will need the installation CD or
>floppies to install the desired operating system(s). If you have any
>questions on using "fdisk" or "format", you can get back to this group.
>
>Good luck
>
>Tom Mayer
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Emy McKee" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>I am going to Florida for a visit and my brother have problems with his PC
>over there and he ask me if I can write his PC to zero's. I did that to my
>PC around 2 years ago and I don't recall how I did it. He has an HP Computer
>year 2001. Please, is any quick guide that I can use to do so and then
>install Windows 2000 back on his computer? Actually he have Windows 98SE I
>know after install windows I have to install all the drivers and softwares
>(I can handle that) but I don't recall how to do the mayor part (Windows).
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Emy McKee
>
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