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NatBe · 05-05-2013, 03:44 PM

Hi,

I need to format a friend's primary hard drive and he has no CD/DVD drive, so I can't use my Windows DVD in his. Note: we're talking Windows XP here. I have an external hard drive I could use that would work on his. Is there a Windows utility I could copy to my portable hard drive and use?

The reason is just to wipe the drive clean in order to recycle the PC via giving it to charity.

Thanks much for any help,

Natelle
San Diego, CA

P.S. BTW I HATE the Google interface search engine for finding previous threads. Very hard to find anything. YOu get a million PC Mech articles that are hard to wade through. The old search engine was much better to find anything. I'll post feedback to the owners.

05-05-2013, 03:44 PM	#1
NatBe Member (6 bit) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 33	Format Primary Hard Drive with No CD/DVD Hi, I need to format a friend's primary hard drive and he has no CD/DVD drive, so I can't use my Windows DVD in his. Note: we're talking Windows XP here. I have an external hard drive I could use that would work on his. Is there a Windows utility I could copy to my portable hard drive and use? The reason is just to wipe the drive clean in order to recycle the PC via giving it to charity. Thanks much for any help, Natelle San Diego, CA P.S. BTW I HATE the Google interface search engine for finding previous threads. Very hard to find anything. YOu get a million PC Mech articles that are hard to wade through. The old search engine was much better to find anything. I'll post feedback to the owners.