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Older HDD with non-bootable linux

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Vampirrella

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I found an old 160GB IDE drive in the closet that has some version of linux on it which no longer boots.

When I hook it up as the primary drive, I can use my winxp pro cd but during the boot process it goes black and locks up.

What must happen to gain access so i can partition and reformat a prior linux install? (which doesnt boot)



 
i would think xp install disk could do it. You could alwasy download a gparted live boot disk. And format
 
The XP installer is crap and get confused very easily, using a gparted LiveCD to wipe the drive might be simpler.
 
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