[ale] Formatting Win2k partiton using Linux

[James P. Kinney III]

Since you plan on trashing the contents anyway of the win2k partition,
just format it with the "mke2fs -j /dev/hda1" command. This will
reformat the partition as ext3 (journaled ext2). 

You can get fancy and do things like :
determine the block count and size and overwrite each block with a
character (0, ascii 256, random strings, etc). But just a format should
do it OK.

Unless the drive is actually damage.

Then a linux fdisk may solve the problem. Delete the partition and then
recreate it with the exact same parameters. Then format as above.

On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 09:59, Sergio Chaves wrote:
> 
> Hi Alers!
> 
> A little problem here.
> Have a Dell Lattitude C800 with Win2k and with RH 7.2 working perfectly.
> My Win2k partition, /dev/hda1, gave-up on me. It refuses to open or save 
> anything! I tried the "Recovery" option, the "Update"option but nothing 
> worked."Norton" could not fix either.
> So, I decided to make a clean install but have some doubts:
> By doing some research, I found out that tools on DOS Startup - Fdisk/Format 
> - have the tendency to either damage or destroy (Fdisk/Format) any other 
> partitions on the same disk. True?
> If true, can I Fdisk and Format (should I format only?) my Win. partition 
> only, from within Linux ? If so, how should I proceed? There are not too 
> much info on the web/books about this.
> 
> Thanks for any and all the help.
> 
> Sergio
> 
> 
> 
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