Re: DBAN

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: DBAN
Date	2015-12-03 11:02 +1100
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felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote 
> Pete wrote

>> Are you trying to format the drive that 
>> you have booted from?  That won't work 
 
> are you sure about that? 

Yep. 

> doesn't right clik on the C drive and select 
> 'format' work subject to a warning? 

Nope, not with XP. 

> but I'm not going to try it to see :)

Completely safe to try. 
 
>> - you need to boot from something else, 
>> like a bootable CD, DVD, or USB stick.
 
> yes, or even a floppy, for those of us 
> who still have a floppy drive in their PC.

Too radical by far. 

Since you have to boot the DVD to do a clean install,
the only thing that makes any sense is to use it to 
format the drive you are going to install it on. 

But he's too stupid to work that out either.

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