[dba-Tech] Low-Level Format

After much toil and trouble, I managed to get my old desktop to boot (into
Windows 7) once again. For some reason, I'm having a helluva time getting a
dual-boot setup to work (the other boot being Linux). Rather than risk grub
wrecking my setup, I think that this time I'll install Linux on a USB thumb
drive and set the boot sequence to look there first, the DVD drive second,
and the hard disk third. Not precisely what I had hoped for, but 32 gig
thumb drives are dirt cheap now, and I would guess that 64 gig drives are
not much more.


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Hans-Christian Andersen <
hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote:

>
> Most Linux distros installers have a facility to add/modify/delete your
> partitions. Deleting your partitions and creating new ones is the
> equivalent of formatting. If your installer doesn't, I guess you could
> always boot a live cd (or usb) with the Gparted livecd/usb (
> http://gparted.org/livecd.php ). Would this suit your needs?
>
> Otherwise, if you just want to delete all the files, mount your partition
> and use the "rm" tool to delete all your files on that mount.
>
> - Hans
>
>