you can't do it with win2k.... find a friend with a win9x system and type "sys a:"

Yea - you need to use W98 - call up a DOS window and type 'format a: /s'

http://www.myshed.net/sanx/technical.html

I just used a DOS boot floppy on one disk, and the BIOS flash util with image on another because they all wouldn't fit together. Never used the harddrive at any time.
 
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clutch

I don't recommend this. But I've been doing this for years and I still don't have any problems. What I do is boot off the Windows 98SE bootdisk and flash the bios on the Hard Drive It never failed so far
 
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Supermicro P6DBE Rev 3.0 Motherboard
Dual Intel Pentium III 850
512 MEGS of ECC RAM
Sound Blaster Live!
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Card
GeForce 2 GTS 64MB
IBM DMVS18N Ultra 160 Hard Drive
Seagate Cheetah X-15 ST318451LW Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive
Razer Boom Slang 2000 (USB)
Roland Sound Canvis SC-55
3COM 3CR990-TX-97 with 3XP Processor 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card
Plextor Plexwriter 12/4/32
Pioneer 10X DVD-ROM
Sony GDM-F500R Monitor

MarksmanX you are right!
 
That the way I have been doing. Boot of Windows 98 CD and flash the bios of the Hard Drive.
 
Good Job!
 
ARC