OK Harry,

well I intend to install Windows Server 2003 and Exchange to the box when its "clean" so the intention was to "wipe" all of the HDD's from the live Knoppix distro.

As to the file system I would ultimatly use it would be NTFS. I beleive that NTFS is invisible to Linux??

I would install Debian to this box but at the moment I have to stay with MS.

So to summarise. ..
I wish to "disinfect" by wiping the drives prior to a MS install, and I wish to do this via Knoppix ( so as to learn Knoppix tools)

I also wouldnt mind examining the discs, its not esentiall its again to learn Knoppix tools and for my own curiosity.

If I have understood you correctly though I am going to need to "wipe" the MBR to ensure that nothing nasty is lurking. How would I go about that ??

As to partitioning I wont be, or rather I shall leave each disc as an entire volume.

Thankyou for your patience