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How do you format a SATA drive?

EQTitan

EQTitan

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I have two hard drives in my computer

1 120GB SATA (primary)
1 20GB EIDE (secondary -Formatted)

I already formated the backup hard drive via XP (right click>format drive), but now i'm trying to format the SATA drive with no luck.

I tried using a Windows 98 SE disc but it doesn't recognize the SATA (of course) I also tried using the the Windows XP cd but it will only let me reinstall after trying to format.

I need to format the drives because I'm selling the computer.
 
Try booting from the XP cd again. At some point you are given the option of going to the recovery console. At the prompt try format c:
 
I tried it that way but when it asks for a password, I hit enter cause I never entered a passowrd when I installed XP. But it keeps asking for it and on the 3rd try it only let's me reboot.

However I did find a great utility called GDISK, no not FDISK by MS, but GDISK by Symantec.

Download the gdisk.exe
Copy it to A:
Reboot with floppy in drive
Command prompt type gdisk {drive number} /del /all
 
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