' fdisk -l ' == List partitions

' dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=1M count=3 ' == Overwrite the 1st 3 megs with zeros

NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!! This will require a complete reformat. It doesn't wipe the entire HD, but should suffice for your purposes. You may also have to do an ' fdisk /mbr ' after this.

MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP IMPORTANT DATA BEFORE PROCEEDING!!

Quote Originally Posted by punksm4ck
My Windows PC is having serious problems, and it needs to be formatted.
A friend of mine did this before using the Knoppix linux command prompt,
and it worked perfectly, wiping my hard disk clean in a matter of seconds.
Unfortunately, he moved away last year, and I need to do this again. If
anyone knows the command(s) that i need to type in, please respond or
email me ([email protected]) asap!

Thanks for your assistance
-Punksm4cK