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    Acer aspire 4310 unable to disk wipe or 0 fill?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by tinkeringmc, Aug 4, 2008.

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    tinkeringmc Notebook Consultant

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    Ok this aspire 4310 is giving me the ......

    I have tried:

    Running DBAN, seatools, ubuntu to delete partitions, hiren.

    I am unable to use these tools to delete the hidden partition, which i suspect is carrying some bios info which is stopping me from being able to use the disk wiping functions in these tools.

    Why?

    I want to sell my notebook, but want to disk wipe it before doing so.

    I need help, please.
     
    tinkeringmc, Aug 4, 2008
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    tinkeringmc Notebook Consultant

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    Someone please help, this been viewed 30 times and not a reply?

    please.
     
    tinkeringmc, Aug 4, 2008
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    tinkeringmc Notebook Consultant

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    can anyone advice me of a forum where people have this technical knowledge? doesnt seem to be anyone in this one who is tech savy (no disrespect meant) and i really need a solution quick.
     
    tinkeringmc, Aug 5, 2008
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    tinkeringmc Notebook Consultant

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    is there another thread i should use for these technical queries?

    someone say something and help me please.
     
    tinkeringmc, Aug 6, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    find the brand of HDD

    go to the manufacturer's site

    download thier diagnostic tools ISO image... burn it to CD

    run the diag tool,, most have a low-level format... or zero-fill option

    but DATA could still be recovered from that...

    this page has links to all major drive manufacturer's diag tools
     
    bigozone, Aug 6, 2008
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