Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: Ping: Paul Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 08:25:51 +0000 Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ti+52IC7w5iBzVk8ED00zQ/WQZ57j4IHrQLxiyW9LrET5gFLx9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:1nop2DRcjqAlefhe6higpuu/Tk0= sha256:28KA6ady2sY9u44lQrVAB+RMKELTHeuawqVdITEvjc8= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:43666 On 09/01/2025 01:26, Paul wrote: > On Wed, 1/8/2025 6:32 PM, David wrote: > >> I've messed about for much of the day and got nowhere, Mike. :-( >> >> Thanks for all your efforts to help me. >> >> Can you give me a link to make a Hiren's boot disk so that I can >> completely wipe all data from the Dell Laptop's hard drive? >> >> I'll start over tomorrow! >> > > Ventoy: > Boot Windows 10 Installer media > > 1) When it offers Install or Troubleshooting, select Troubleshooting. > 2) A number of squares will appear. > One is labeled "Command Prompt". > Select that one. > 3) Command Prompt runs as Administrator. > > diskpart > list disk # Note the disk with the correct size and the identification number ("0") > select disk 0 # select the disk you have identified as the one needing deletion > list partition # This is not absolutely required. It helps you verify this is the correct disk. > clean # Removes MBR and two GPT tables. No partitions are now visible. > # This is a quick way to avoid confusing any utilities. Takes 2 seconds. > quit/exit # Exit the program > exit # Exit the Command Prompt window, go back to Troubleshooting > > 4) Select the Shutdown option from the Troubleshoot squares, Hello Paul Thanks for chipping in! 🙂 I don't see that option! :-( (At least I don't think I do!) Right now I have A Windows image on my screen with the annotation, over the black and white "Windows" Windows on the right had side, "Hiren's BootCD (and beneath that) PE Windows 11 https://ibb.co/TqqLf8s I can connect to the Internet. What would be your choice of things to do now?!! Thanks for helping. -- David