![]() When you format a drive not all the space can be used to store data on some needs to be kept separate to be the Drive Map so the drive knows where to send the heads to read/write data from. The second Partition depends on th size of the drive and the type of computer you have Dell could have inserted a Rescue Partition there or it may just be unused space. ![]() ![]() If it is this is the problem it is looking for something that just isn’t there. So starting with the Network Activity open BIOS and make sure that it is not set to Boot from the Network. System – Dell 4600 from 2003, Pentium 2, with 512 megs ram, running WinXP I’m reloading some of the drivers tongiht, will reload McAffee and run it in safe mode to see if it can detect anything. Loaded and booted the Windows Recovery Console, and ran the FIXMBR command twice, both times I get the message that “It appears your MBR is corrupted” or something like that but it doesn’t fix it.ĭo I have some sort of virus in the MBR that my virus software (McAffee, was up to date before my reformating) never caught or is this a hardware issue- something on the hard drive or mobo going bad? (I dont remember putting a second partitions on there – would the manufacturer put that there to use as a virtual memory?)ĭeleted all partitions and reformated the hard drive yesterday, and reloaded XP, but that still didn’t solve it. I ran virus scanners (McAfee) which found nothing, but I did check the log file in my scanner which shows that my auto virus screening is diabled everytime I boot the machine?Ĭhecked partitions on the hard drive, found 2- my c:, and an unnamed partition of about 30 megs. Last week I was in the room while it was booting, and I noticed that it was accessing the network during the black screen portion of boot up (activity light on cable modem was flashing, alot), which got me motivated to fix it. This screen last about 3-4 minutes, then it boots windows XP normally. As soon as I turn it on, I see the manufacturers logo (dell) for about 1 second, then it gives me a black screen with a flashing white cursor in the upper left hand corner. WARNING! Use this software only if you know what you are doing, because you will NOT be able to recover anything from the deleted hard drives.About six months ago, my machine started giving me a black screen during the boot up process. ■ Windows NT 3.0, Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 4.0ĭBAN supports all unix platforms and securely destroys ReiserFS, EXT, and UFS filesystems.ĭBAN comes in two formats, first as a Floppy image and second as an ISO image which you can burn on a CD-ROM. If you find an incompatible machine, then please report it.ĭBAN supports all Microsoft platforms and securely destroys FAT, VFAT, and NTFS filesytems. ■ DBAN runs on all 32-bit x86-class computers (Athlon, Pentium, and others) with at least 8 megs of memory. ■ DBAN has all available drivers for IDE, PATA, and SATA disks. ■ DBAN has all available drivers for SCSI disks. ■ 8/33/137 gigabyte disk size BIOS limit fix ![]() ■ Canadian RCMP TSSIT OPS-II Standard Wipe Prevents most forensic data recovery techniques. Start the computer with DBAN and press the ENTER key. ![]() Rapid deployment in emergency situations. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. DABN - Darik's Boot and Nuke is a self-contained boot floppy or ISO image that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. ![]()
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