low level format utility?

[glockjs]

anybody know where i get a good free low level format utility? guess i need it to fix my samsung

[redwudz]

Check this site, but read the warnings. http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/low-level-format.html

[glockjs]

yeah i saw that one. only prob is that i dont have a floppy drive in my puter. i tried burning the clearhdd.exe to a cdr but it i cant get it to boot from the cdr. dont know how.

[mrtristan]

Try booting off your windows disc, then pretend you're going to re-install windows. You should be able to delete all the partitions on the hard drive, then repartition and format the drive.

Just remember, don't re-install windows. Doh!

[jexster]

You could make a boot file and put it on the cd.

[glockjs]

did a little research. i dont think its that easy to get a cd to boot from dos

[ViRaL1]

Nero and Roxio both have options to make a bootable CD. The problem is you need a bootable floppy (and a drive) to create the boot files on the disc. You might want to see if someone will let you borrow their USB floppy or spring for one.

[glockjs]

thats what i was tryin to get around, if i had a floppy my life would be so much happier about now

oh well, what can u do....cant win for losin

[jexster]

Try this i have used it before.
h**p://62.253.162.19/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html

[glockjs]

YAAAAYYY

got it fixed, broke down and bought a floppy drive $8 bucks at fry's right now.

YYYAAAAAAY, ITS MY BIRTHDAY......YAAAYYYY....YYAAAAAYYYY...

do you know any slow or special people? YAAAYYY glockjs is a moron YAAAYYY

at least i got my drive back...

[LSchafroth]

did a little research. i dont think its that easy to get a cd to boot from dos

Just go to http://www.bootdisk.com and download the Windows 98 disk. IT will boot to dos and load cdrom drivers for the most common IDE inferaces and works 99% of the time. Very easy.

Run the EXE which will then ask you to put in a floppy and it creates the disk. If you don't have a floppy drive, go get oen for $8 and try that route.

LS

[glockjs]

yeah, that was the prob in the first place...that i was lacking a floppy drive

[LSchafroth]

yeah, that was the prob in the first place...that i was lacking a floppy drive

To this day I still cannot believe the Floppy is still the standard disk type. Why didn't the zip disk or LS120 become the standard?

Good old reliable flopies I guess. cheap.

LS

[glockjs]

tell me about it. when i was building the computer i was with my roomate and he told me to get a floppy drive. i told him "i dont need a floppy"....well i did and thats all he was sayin last night like a smart ass.."i dont need a floppy" "look at me, i dont need a floppy" i had to hear it like 50 times last night