Deleting MBR


  1. giantman
    Posts : 9
    Windows 7 x64
       New #1

    Deleting MBR


    Ok guys I've spent hours googling and downloading programs. I'm tired of it.

    I just want to delete the MBR on both my hard drives. Why? Because I want to. I'm going to delete my MBD and then I'm going to do a quick format of both of my whole hard drives. That's all I want to do.

    BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    EVERY - SINGLE - SITE

    EVERY - SINGLE - PERSON

    Will not give a clear direct answer to HOW THE @&$* DO I DELETE MY MASTER BOOT RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I DONT HAVE FDISK!!!!!! I DONT KNOW WHERE TO DOWNLOAD FDISK! I TRIED FDISK COMMANDS ON A COMMAND PROMPT - NOT RECOGNIZED!

    So please, please...if anyone here can just tell me in the most simple way how to delete the master boot record on both hard drives...I can't believe there is no utility to do this...should be a utility called "Delete MBR" in my honest opinion.

    Thank you and I'm sorry for the verge-of-insanity post...it's just been a few hours trying to get this whole process started. Was supposed to be a few minutes.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Bongo
    Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
       New #2

    Look in the free software here FREE Great Programs for Windows 7 & look for a partition manager & reformat that should delete the mbr & all info on the drive. Or here How to Delete an MBR Partition From a Hard Drive | eHow.com & Super Fdisk is Free Partition Manager Software.
    Jerry
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. zigzag3143
    Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       New #3

    giantman said:
    Ok guys I've spent hours googling and downloading programs. I'm tired of it.

    I just want to delete the MBR on both my hard drives. Why? Because I want to. I'm going to delete my MBD and then I'm going to do a quick format of both of my whole hard drives. That's all I want to do.

    BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    EVERY - SINGLE - SITE

    EVERY - SINGLE - PERSON

    Will not give a clear direct answer to HOW THE @&$* DO I DELETE MY MASTER BOOT RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I DONT HAVE FDISK!!!!!! I DONT KNOW WHERE TO DOWNLOAD FDISK! I TRIED FDISK COMMANDS ON A COMMAND PROMPT - NOT RECOGNIZED!

    So please, please...if anyone here can just tell me in the most simple way how to delete the master boot record on both hard drives...I can't believe there is no utility to do this...should be a utility called "Delete MBR" in my honest opinion.

    Thank you and I'm sorry for the verge-of-insanity post...it's just been a few hours trying to get this whole process started. Was supposed to be a few minutes.
    A simple fast google leads to 80 places to download fdisk. Fdisk is part of DOS and that can be download burned to dvd and run from there. Bootdisk.Com - Free Windows Bootdisks, Free DOS boot disk

    You cant run it from within an OS., but it will delete the MBR.


    Have fun

    Ken
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. Ztruker
    Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       New #4

    Easiest way I know to do this is to get the DBAN (Darick's Boot and Nuke) iso file. Create a CD from it using ImgBurn, boot it and enter autonuke at the first prompt. Let it run for a few minutes. You now have a raw, uninitialized hard drive that you will have to partition and format.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  7. DeaconFrost
    Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       New #5

    I clear the MBR on any of my drives before reinstalling, or switching OSes that are installed. I use a program called gdisk on a bootable flash drive, which was originally part of Ghost. The switch gdisk 2 /mbr does the trick, assuming 2 is the drive you plan to clear.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  8. gregrocker
    Posts : 50,642
       New #6

    You can do this easily enough from the Win7 installation or Repair disk, accessing the System Recovery Options Command Line to wipe the hard drive(s) with Diskpart Clean Command.

    This is all that's needed to clear the critical boot code and partition table that can sometimes interfere with a hard drive booting or OS installation.


    Last edited by gregrocker; 03 Apr 2015 at 01:23.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  10. bobtran
    Posts : 650
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       New #7

    Follow these instructions and it should give you the results you want including prepping for new install:

    How to Completely Erase a Hard Disk Drive - Webopedia.com
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  11. Jameswhatever
    Posts : 3
    windows 8.1 64bit
       New #8

    I had the same problem and all the above posts didn't help me at all.
    However i thought of an easy solution that can be done in less than 1 min (without leaving windows).
    Go to Disk Management
    Delete all the partitions of the Drive that has messed up MBR [most likely from a linux installation (you'd lose them anyway if you wipe the MBR)].
    Right click on the drive and convert it to GPT.
    Done.
    Last edited by derekimo; 03 Apr 2015 at 01:22. Reason: Language
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  12. Lady Fitzgerald
    Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       New #9

    Jameswhatever said:
    I had the same problem and all the above posts didn't help me at all.
    However i thought of an easy solution that can be done in less than 1 min (without leaving windows).
    Go to Disk Management
    Delete all the partitions of the Drive that has messed up MBR [most likely from a linux installation (you'd lose them anyway if you wipe the MBR)].
    Right click on the drive and convert it to GPT.
    Done.
    Do you realize you have responded in a thread that's over four years old?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  13. gregrocker
    Posts : 50,642
       New #10

    This is how most people find their way here, Jeannie: Doing web searches which depending upon the phraseology can land in any of countless threads about the same subject, of which I'm sure this one has thousands.

    If one person replied to it then it's likely a hundred have also found it so I always make sure they are updated because each year we add to our knowledge and sometimes have whole new repair regimens for a given problem. We can add to the forums' quality for years to come by keeping old threads current.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hoping this is the right place to ask my question and that the title is OK. I was asked to create a 2nd user account with 'Administration privileges'. Having done so I no longer need it. In trying to delete it I got a pop up window asking me if I wanted to save some of my files (My Documents etc.)...
Deleting
in General Discussion

How do you delete a stubborn file that says it can't delete because it's open elsewhere ?.
HI With the command prompt of Windows 7 SP1, how do I delete a directory structure with their files without deleting the name of the root directory? THANKS BYE
I made the "mistake" of deleting a playlist file manually, or more exactly, deleting a whole album folder I didn't care about that happened to contain the playlist, but the playlist still shows up in WMP left pane. However, as many reported, left or right clicking it produces no action, as the...
Not deleting?
in Hardware & Devices

I have Show Hidden Folders enabled. I thought my second drive usage was much too high, so I moved everything off it, it still showed 56gb being used. I made sure as best I could that there was in fact no folders remaining and then I cleared the drive my formatting it. Any reason why this amount...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 18:49.
Find Us