xp pro

[donar]

hi my XP PRO S/P3 has 2 hard drives,
the c drive has the operating system on it,
the d drive had my data / files etc
my d drive is corrupt , i can only work in safe mode and i cannot connect to my ISP.
please advise how i can wipe all of the data etc on my d drive, i have all backed up on other computers, saving any data is not required,repeat saving any data is not required, thank you donar

 

[Elizabeth23]

you can select the drive in disk management and choose to format,

you can download CCleaner, which has a drive wipe on it

you can download and burn DBan to a cd , but you will have to insure that you choose the correct drive to wipe.

Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN): http://dban.org/ Use ImgBurn to create a bootable CD from the DBAN iso file: http://www.imgburn.com/ Both DBAN and ImgBurn are free. How to use ImgBurn: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?/topic/61-how-to-write-an-image-file-to-a-disc-using-imgburn/

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds

ccleaner portable

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http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsxp/ht/format-hard-drive-xp.htm

formatting with disc management
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