Question Need a Low Level Format bootable tool suggestion

[cybercore]

I got suggested to ran an low level format,because my pc is infected with boot sector virus.
Any help with be HIGHTLY appreciated !

 

[USAFRet]

I got suggested to ran an low level format,because my pc is infected with boot sector virus.
Any help with be HIGHTLY appreciated !

How do you know the boot sector virus is a thing, and who told you a "low level format" is the solution?

https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/how-do-i-low-level-format-a-sata-or-ata-ide-hard-drive-203931en/

 

[cybercore]

I'm fighting with that infection from very looong time.
About that who told me,i asked in other forums and one guy told me to do this ''overwrite with zeros the first 10 Mbytes of the disk using dd in case a boot sector virus managed to survive after year 2000''
But since i'm unfamiliar with linux and especially to dd command i decided to ask here .

 

[USAFRet]

I'm fighting with that infection from very looong time.
About that who told me,i asked in other forums and one guy told me to do this ''overwrite with zeros the first 10 Mbytes of the disk using dd in case a boot sector virus managed to survive after year 2000''
But since i'm unfamiliar with linux and especially to dd command i decided to ask here .

The easy solution is to simply replace the drive.

What make/model drive is this?

 

[cybercore]

TOSHIBA HDWD110

 

[USAFRet]

TOSHIBA HDWD110

HDDGURU: HDD LLF Low Level Format Tool

This freeware HDD Low Level Format utility can erase, Low-Level Format and re-certify a SATA, IDE, SAS, SCSI, SSD hard disk drive. Will also work with any USB and FIREWIRE external drive enclosures as well as SD, MMC, MemoryStick and CompactFlash media.

hddguru.com

NOTE: I've never used this, don't know how well it works.
But there it is.

 

[cybercore]

Thanks,i will try it.

 

[TerryLaze]

I'm fighting with that infection from very looong time.
About that who told me,i asked in other forums and one guy told me to do this ''overwrite with zeros the first 10 Mbytes of the disk using dd in case a boot sector virus managed to survive after year 2000''
But since i'm unfamiliar with linux and especially to dd command i decided to ask here .

This is basically the same as writing a new bootsector to the drive, no special tools required, and no low level format, especially not of the whole disk.
Just boot from a dvd and not from a usb so that the virus can't write to the medium and do a /fixmbr

Use Bootrec.exe in the Windows RE to troubleshoot startup issues - Microsoft Support

Describes how to use the Bootrec.exe tool to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

support.microsoft.com

You can also do a normal format, again from the PE, without the /q parameter so it won't do a quick format but a full format which is pretty much the same as low level, you can quit it after a few seconds since it will have overwritten the start of the disk where the bootsector is by then.

format

Reference article for the format command that formats a drive to accept Windows files.

learn.microsoft.com