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to: TOM WALKER
from: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
date: 2005-02-26 18:16:08
subject: Win98FE Harddrivicide?

-> -> -> Interesting the files are on   www.westerndigital.com     :-)  :-) 
-> -> -> There are two programs I am thinking about BUT I don't
recal lwhich one 
-> -> -> "ZEros" out(I REFUSE to call it Low Level
formatting because it is i nNO 
-> -> -> was related to the LLF of days past and Gibsons Spin Rite) 
-> -> -> But the two file names you are after are Data Lifeguard
Install and the 
-> -> -> WD diagnostics. 

-> -> Yeah I know it isn't a true LLF and I know it's called Data Lifeguard.
-> -> Too bad it's too big to load into a floppy drive diskette.

-> That is NOT true. YES the full suite may be too big but I have i nmy
-> Hand a 
-> Floppy with the Western Digital Diagnostic program DLGDIAG.EXE on it
-> that does what you want. Zeros out the Hard Drive. Plus severalo other
-> testing and diagnostic functions.

Hmm, I'll have to look again.
I was looking at the DOS utility which was too big for the drive.
Might have to go to 
bootdisk.com and generate another to try it.
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