clean XP hard drive using win 7 clean commands?


  1. Posts : 184
    windows 7 64bit
       #1

    clean XP hard drive using win 7 clean commands?


    Hi, I want to clean/erase my xp hard drive. followed the tutorial on this forum and got to cmd - diskpart - select disk - clean all - exit but it weon't do anything. I put clean ), O clean, cean all O, etc and it just says Im not doing it right and so nothing happens. I can't find any similar instructions searching XP except for reformat and I want to clean totally not reformat. thanks!
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    msongs said:
    Hi, I want to clean/erase my xp hard drive. followed the tutorial on this forum and got to cmd - diskpart - select disk - clean all - exit but it weon't do anything. I put clean ), O clean, cean all O, etc and it just says Im not doing it right and so nothing happens. I can't find any similar instructions searching XP except for reformat and I want to clean totally not reformat. thanks!
    msongs

    Whats the difference to you in terms of clean totally vs format. Format erases the entire drive as well.

    Ken J
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  3. Posts : 687
    Microsoft Windows 10 Professional / Windows 7 Professional
       #3

    The "clean all" command takes a while to complete, like 1 hour for 250GB.
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  4. Posts : 184
    windows 7 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I would like to get it to work going to sell this computer and want the drive as clean as I can get it.
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  5. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #5

    If you cant get Clean all to work, use DBAN to completely nuke the hard drive.

    DBAN Download | Darik's Boot And Nuke
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  6. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
       #6

    As bill2 says, DBAN you could use and i recently used it in a study i was carrying out and worked excellently and none of my hard disk could be reocvered.
    You can take a look at a guide i just wrote below:
    Macnamara

    Hope it helps
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  7. Posts : 330
    Windows 7 Pro/32 Academic. Build 7600
       #7

    Clean All is tricky. Once the command starts, there's nothing to let you know that it's processing. All you see is a blinking cursor. Don't let that fool you, it is in fact processing. You'll have to wait it out. When it completes (could take a couple of hours) It will let you know that the command was completed successfully.
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