Formatting a hard drive along with the install of a new OS is the best option. The vast majority of operating system installations provide a "format" option as part of the installation process.

I want to install some flavour of Linux on a small (2 gig) hard drive. I want it to be as functional as possible, while still leaving a couple of hundred megs of space for misc files.<P>How big is a ...

Hard drives that have failed. Hard drives that will fail. Hard drives that were retired in the course of a computer upgrade before failure. In this TechBuilder Recipe, I&ll show you how to set up a ...