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fmcpma · 06 August 2006, 17:23

Nuff said.

This happened to me. Even delpart.exe told me the drive was empty and there was nothing to delete, but actually there was some kind of MBR or something in there and WinUAE didn't see it as empty. These progs write zeros all over the drive, effectively killing any and everything there dead.

Be very carefull not to trash the wrong drive, though. These progs don't show the drive's names, properties, etc. -- they just use its number, starting at 0. Just to be on the safe side, I disconnected my main drive before running them ;o)

06 August 2006, 17:23	#1
fmcpma Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portugal / Porto Age: 59 Posts: 62	If WinUAE cannot detect your supposedly empty HDD, look for zap.exe or wipe.exe. Nuff said. This happened to me. Even delpart.exe told me the drive was empty and there was nothing to delete, but actually there was some kind of MBR or something in there and WinUAE didn't see it as empty. These progs write zeros all over the drive, effectively killing any and everything there dead. Be very carefull not to trash the wrong drive, though. These progs don't show the drive's names, properties, etc. -- they just use its number, starting at 0. Just to be on the safe side, I disconnected my main drive before running them ;o)