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886180 2010-05-19 08:45:00 From Linux (you mention you have PCLOS running on it):
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=32KThat will zero-write the partition. Obviously you should replace sda1 with the partition you actually want to wipe; if you want to wipe the entire drive then remove the number (e.g. use '/dev/sda') - note that if you wipe the entire drive you will need to repartition it afterwards.

There's no way ME will come back from the dead after that treatment. 		Erayd (23)
886181 2010-05-19 09:36:00 Joe, can't you put the 98 in the drive and get to fdisk c:. I would have thought that would work. Note that it is fdisk you need, not format.

I agree - I have done a few times a few years back with 98 (use to get bsod's), I think temporary ram (oaks or something was the company name?) is set up once the disc is inserted. 		kahawai chaser (3545)
886182 2010-05-19 11:10:00 I agree - I have done a few times a few years back with 98 (use to get bsod's), I think temporary ram (oaks or something was the company name?) is set up once the disc is inserted.


There's no floppy drive installed. You were probably thinking of the sys driver so you can access the CDRom drive. That was Oak as below:-

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1. Start with CD-ROM support.
2. Start computer without CD-ROM support.
3. View the help file.
Enter a choice: 1
DOS=HIGH,UMB [Enter=Y ,Esc=N]?Y
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF [Enter=Y, Esc=N?Y
DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 [Enter=Y, Esc=N]?Y
This driver is provided by Oak Technology, Inc..
OTI-91X ATAPI CD-ROM device driver, Rev D91xV352 (C)Copyright Oak Technology Inc. 1987-1997 		Sweep (90)
886183 2010-05-20 15:34:00 OK - to answer a few questions:::

This unit is not mine - it belongs to a person who lives around here and he said it was full of nasties . He asked me to get rid of the bad stuff or just keep the puter for myself if it cannot be fixed . I said: "Anything can be fixed --- or burned" .

I don't really have PCLOS running on it - I just have an install disc with that L-version on it and thought it might work as an ME-killer .

Gonna drop the rancid hdd into a working unit and the scrub everything and start all over with it back in the Compaq .

Or maybe I'll just open a new hdd and start fresh too - I still don't even know if the hdd is any good physically either!

Sleep was fitful, but not for reasons mentioned by SOMEONE above . I just hurt all over some days/nights (or combinations thereof) and spend the night tossing and checking the clock to see if it is still moving or not .

A little wine or Scotch at night sometimes helps - but I have to not go over the edge or become dependent upon it as a fix . I have meds for this - but I don't like the side effects of them either .

Don't get old .

Thanks guys and I'll get to this Compaq vs ME problem sometime today I promise . 		SurferJoe46 (51)
886184 2010-05-21 01:22:00 http://www.dban.org/

Download the ZIP file, burn the ISO inside, boot from it, and use it to completely wipe the drive.

Then you can do whatever you like.. 		Agent_24 (57)
886185 2010-05-21 01:42:00 Ah! The ol' dban.

I completely forgot it - thanks! I even HAD a copy of it around here somewhere

<shuffles things on desk and shelves and under bed> 		SurferJoe46 (51)
886186 2010-05-21 07:42:00 I don't really have PCLOS running on it - I just have an install disc with that L-version on it and thought it might work as an ME-killer.
Put the install disk in and when up and running go to configure your computer(Control Centre)/ Local Disks/ Manage disk partitions. 		mikebartnz (21)
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