> > My $.02 here. 1.) You may fdisk your drive and reformat all of it as
> > FAT32. 2.) If you can find the manual of your hard disks, there is
> > almost always a way of wiping them out electronically (either
> > shortcircuiting an IC or applying power with a jumper switch).
>
> Does that change every allocation unit, though? Any way to
> write 0's to
> the entire disk is best :)

The electronical erasure (with jumpers or short circuits) is just the
electromechanical equivalent of aplying a magnet to a floppy. I guess that
would be the best way, but nothing to try if you don't have the procedure in
your manual or data sheet =).

-Manuel.




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