Hey peeps. Has anyone ever low level formatted a Compaq hdd? I have a friend who is the (unfortunate) owner of a Compaq Presario 5000 PC. He no longer wants Win ME as his OS & wants to switch to Win2K or NT4. I have never really worked on a proprietary system before, but this Compaq piece of junk has some sort of restore or backup partition (can't remember what the heck it was called exactly) that I guess is used to retore the PC to its original state along with the Compaq Retore CD (correct me if I'm wrong).
Anyway, does anyone forsee any problems if I just low level format this drive & start fresh?
Also, is the hdd actually made by Compaq? I mean, I have low level format utilities for 4 or 5 of the major hdd manufacturers, but what would I use to completely wipe this hdd clean?
Any help is muchly appreciated!
Cheers,
Ron_Jeremy
If you loan a friend $20 & never see them again, it was worth it.
Anyway, does anyone forsee any problems if I just low level format this drive & start fresh?
Also, is the hdd actually made by Compaq? I mean, I have low level format utilities for 4 or 5 of the major hdd manufacturers, but what would I use to completely wipe this hdd clean?
Any help is muchly appreciated!
Cheers,
Ron_Jeremy
If you loan a friend $20 & never see them again, it was worth it.