Good/Fast way to format the hard drives on 30 computers??

[eP?]

I have to format/wipe the drives of 30 different computers this Wednesday and I want a fast efficient way of doing it. Any ideas??


The 30 computers are all pcs of the same or very similar make and model, if that makes any difference at all.

I really don't want to have to boot to a floppy or CD and use the windows format command to them... that would take way too long.

 

[eP?]

thanks... will this format the drive well enough so that when the new OS is installed there won't be any noticable artifacts from the previous installation??

 

[HalfCrazy]

That command he gave you will do a 'quick format'. Which only wipe's the table of content's from the drive. It will work just fine without any problems to the new install of windows on the 30 system's. This would be the fastest way to format all those hard drives but it won't scan for bad sector's.

 

[eP?]

Right, and scanning for bad sectors is always a long process. Is there anyway to actually speed up the process of scanning for bad sectors or will this be a slow process no matter what? I'm not sure yet if this will actually be required, but in case it is I would like to know of any conceivable way to speed this process up. It's not going to be a fun job so I'd like to just get it over with as fast as possible.

Thank you

 

[HalfCrazy]

I don't think there is a way to speed up scanning for bad sectors.

 

[wfbberzerker]

you could start formatting all 30 computers (a normal one that scans for bad sectors) at the end of the day, and let it run overnight