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Disvengeance
31 Jul 2003, 5:26am
i go to delete everything on my harddrive, using fdisk, so i can create new partitions, and it keeps telling me, ''could not change partitions, because the disk could not be locked'' , what do i do?and what does this mean?
csimon
31 Jul 2003, 5:47am
what os are you using?
Disvengeance
31 Jul 2003, 5:48am
windows ME, this is my old computer
profdlp
31 Jul 2003, 5:49am
...using something like diskedit, booted from a dos floppy. Then just fill the first few hundred sectors with zero's.

Bye Bye mbr, so long partitions, see ya later data, but if you really REALLY want a fresh start, that's one way to go.


Prof
(This is what we used in the shop to be sure and totally wipe a virus-infected drive before fdsik, format & reinstall)
Disvengeance
31 Jul 2003, 5:55am
are there any other ways?
profdlp
31 Jul 2003, 6:18am
Sorry, I'm sure there are plenty of other ways, but I've used diskedit for so long (and with great success) that I can't think of any.

If something comes to mind I'll let you know.


Prof

(If you're upgrading to XP, you could boot from the CD and fdisk from there.)
QCH
31 Jul 2003, 1:55pm
Have you tried

fdisk /mbr

That will wipe the master boot record thentry fdisk
Disvengeance
31 Jul 2003, 2:59pm
this machine isnt goin to xp, thanks anyways though

i tryed what QCH2002 suggested, and it still give me the same thing
primesuspect
31 Jul 2003, 3:22pm
You should download the drive tool from the drive manufacturer's website. Every drive manufacturer has a tool that can make a bootable floppy, that you can use to do a variety of things: zero out the drive, blitz the mbr and part. table, check the drive for problems, reset SMART status, etc. That's your best bet.
Disvengeance
31 Jul 2003, 3:55pm
well, i tryed to made the bootable floppy, and nothing happens when i restart.......
profdlp
31 Jul 2003, 8:49pm
Disvengeance said
well, i tryed to made the bootable floppy, and nothing happens when i restart.......

Make sure that Floppy was set as the first boot device in the BIOS?


prof
Disvengeance
1 Aug 2003, 4:06am
yeah i did forget to make the floppy the first boot device

thanks for ur help guys, but ill just reinstall windows, cause i just orderd the last stuff i needed for my new rig:D :D :D :D , my parents are just gonna use this thing for email