[ale] Re: erasing ext3 filesystems securely

[Geoffrey]

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> Yeah. My memory is foggy. It's been so long since I used Windows - but if I 
> recall correctly, Windows doesn't "work with" ext3 and other partitions. I 
> think I remember having to go as far as using Linux to "unpartition" the 
> drive before trying to install Windows. Not that it matters, but please 
> correct me if I am wrong.

It depends on the version of windows and whether it's an OEM or not.  In 
some cases, windows expects a fat/ntfs partition to already exist.  Most 
versions that come with a computer from a larger provider (Sony, HP...) 
will have a disk that will do a complete reinstall on the computer, 
including the formatting of the drive.

I've never heard of windows running on anything other than M$ 
partitions.  Unless you want to count vmware and/or wine.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey