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Is there any built in Windows XP command or other utility which will let me overwrite sector 0, so the OS will be non-bootable?
Pablo
Posted 2015-08-24T14:30:19.747
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How to overwrite 0 sector under Windows XP?
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I solved the problem with MBRWizard. It has nice option called Wipe.
Pablo
Posted 2015-08-24T14:30:19.747
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You did not specify it could be a third party utility. Your question was misleading. – Moab – 2015-08-27T19:43:59.960
Other Utility next to Windows XP command implies to third party utility. – Pablo – 2015-08-27T19:45:16.987
disagree, subject to interpretation, it is not clear when used in same sentence and not specify 3rd party. – Moab – 2015-08-28T16:33:29.983
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Diskpart is built into Windows XP, there is a clean command in Diskpart that erases the first 1k.
clean will remove the partition or volume formatting from the current disk
Moab
Posted 2015-08-24T14:30:19.747
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This doesn't solve my question. I need to delete the active(and the only) hard drive. – Pablo – 2015-08-25T12:49:25.520
Why would you want to do this? Specifically, what is your goal here? – ChrisInEdmonton – 2015-08-24T14:37:07.467
In my hardware configuration I need to make HDD non-bootable in order to boot PC from LAN(PXE). If BIOS detects bootable OS, then PXE is not engaged. – Pablo – 2015-08-24T14:46:05.930
Are you asking if there is a tool, from within Windows XP, that will make overwrite the 0 sector, on the same drive that Windows XP is running on? If that is your question, the answer to that question, is no Please clarify your question, and perhaps describe the problem you are trying to solve, so the best solution can be provided. – Ramhound – 2015-08-24T15:08:20.683
Dell had a dos utility called Clean1K, you would boot from a dos environment and run it, it would overwrite the first 1k of the hard drive. I still have a copy of it. These days I use Dban to get that job done. – Moab – 2015-08-24T16:16:54.633
@Ramhound: the answer is yes. It is possible to overwrite 0 sector on running Windows XP. – Pablo – 2015-08-26T09:56:22.893