Need Help Again Guys! How Do I Zero Fill My Drive?

[warlord1998]

Guys, I already low level format my hdd many times but after that there will be always a used 101 mb space in my hdd. I did successfully install win 7 os but after a while when I boot up it says that disk read error(I can't remember the exact phrase but it's something like that). Also, whenever I start my pc, sometimes the windows 10 startup screen shows up eventhough I have my win7 installed in the hdd.

 

[YoungZeus]

you removed the install usb/cdrom out ?

 

[warlord1998]

you removed the install usb/cdrom out ?

what do you mean?

 

[Uncle Mac]

Dude delete both partitions and then you should have one "Unallocated Space" Format it if you like and then delete it again to "Unallocated Space""
Then do a complete Install>> NO Upgrade>> of Windows 7

 

[warlord1998]

Dude delete both partitions and then you should have one "Unallocated Space" Format it if you like and then delete it again to "Unallocated Space""
Then do a complete Install>> NO Upgrade>> of Windows 7

Ok, I will try that. What do you think about that 101mb? Why is it not deleted when I format my drive?

 

[Uncle Mac]

Try what i suggested and see .. Then let me know..

 

[warlord1998]

OK, I'll let you know

 

[billybob62]

One easy way to zero out your hard drive, i.e., writing zeros to your hard drive to wipe out any data is to use Diskpart.exe, a utility that is shipped on every Microsoft Windows Installation CD.

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to use Diskpart:
a. Insert your Windows CD into the optical drive and boot into a command prompt.
b. Type diskpart to load the utility.
c. Type list disk. Diskpart will list all the hard drive(s) on your computer.
d. Type select disk x (where x=the number of the disk you want to zero out). Diskpart will return "Disk x is now the selected disk."
e. Type clean all and Diskpart will completely zero out the entire disk.

Hope it helps.

 

[warlord1998]

One easy way to zero out your hard drive, i.e., writing zeros to your hard drive to wipe out any data is to use Diskpart.exe, a utility that is shipped on every Microsoft Windows Installation CD.

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to use Diskpart:
a. Insert your Windows CD into the optical drive and boot into a command prompt.
b. Type diskpart to load the utility.
c. Type list disk. Diskpart will list all the hard drive(s) on your computer.
d. Type select disk x (where x=the number of the disk you want to zero out). Diskpart will return "Disk x is now the selected disk."
e. Type clean all and Diskpart will completely zero out the entire disk.

Hope it helps.

Thanks for the suggestion but I already did that and the result is the same. There is always a 101 mb used space after writing zeroes. My suspicion is that it is a fragment of my previous win10 os but I don't know how to remove this. I also tried dban but no luck.

 

[warlord1998]

@TheMacGyver Sir, the win10 startup screen is still there but the win7 installation is succesful. I'm afraid that after a while there will be errors showing up because of that win10 fragments. What might be the best possible solution here sir?

 

[Uncle Mac]

did you get rid of that 101mb space and start with one "Unallocated Space". Give us the link to the Windows 7 your installing too.. From TeamOS from here

 

[Cumulonimbus]

Manufacturer of HDD?

 

[warlord1998]

did you get rid of that 101mb space and start with one "Unallocated Space". Give us the link to the Windows 7 your installing too.. From TeamOS from here

The windows 7 I'm installing is the 32 bit Crux. I'm also using it in my backup drive. The only problem is that I can't get rid of that 101mb used space even I use a low level format or zeroing it.

Manufacturer of HDD?

Samsung is my manufacturer. I'm currently trying the format utility from them.

 

[Uncle Mac]

Using as a backup drive and an operating system ...hmmm... maybe thats the problem.. I would back up to a separate drive

 

[warlord1998]

Using as a backup drive and an operating system ...hmmm... maybe thats the problem.. I would back up to a separate drive

I mean that backup is my original hdd and the one with the problem is my old hdd. My old hard drive is not having problems until I installed custom win10. I'm using them as a master and slave drives or vice versa

 

[warlord1998]

Here's the properties of my hdd. The used space decrease after I delete the drive then create new

 

[M4Master]

if you want to completely erase your hdd, then download ubuntu and then burn that on your pendrive and use that as Live USB...

it has a software named as GParted, open that and completely format your harddisk (remember that the partitioning scheme must be msdos/MBR and not GPT)

 

[warlord1998]

if you want to completely erase your hdd, then download ubuntu and then burn that on your pendrive and use that as Live USB...

it has a software named as GParted, open that and completely format your harddisk (remember that the partitioning scheme must be msdos/MBR and not GPT)

Thanks, I'll try that.

 

[Cumulonimbus]

The windows 7 I'm installing is the 32 bit Crux. I'm also using it in my backup drive. The only problem is that I can't get rid of that 101mb used space even I use a low level format or zeroing it.


Samsung is my manufacturer. I'm currently trying the format utility from them.

Good idea ;-)

 

[Kjacky]

connect the HDD to another machine and try it and also try partition manager tools try to wipe it completly