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That's not the partition table | 179 comments | Create New Account

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That's not the partition table

Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 21 2012 @ 04:57 AM EDT

Assuming the disk was organized with a "DOS type partition table" that
has been used on x86 systems since the beginning of time (and not some
new-fangled UEFI contraption) then the main partion table is toward the end of
the MBR, which is the first 512 bytes of the disk. What you did was zero out
the first 2MB of the first *partition*, leaving the MBR with its partition table
intact.

BTW, I don't know what zeroing out *anything* would accomplish unless it just
makes you feel less dirty after having come in contact with a Microsoft product
... kinda like washing your hands or taking a shower.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

That's not the partition table - Authored by: Wol on Friday, September 21 2012 @ 10:13 AM EDT
- Secure wipe - That's not the partition table - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 21 2012 @ 01:53 PM EDT
  - Secure wipe - That's not the partition table - Authored by: Wol on Friday, September 21 2012 @ 04:27 PM EDT
    - Secure wipe - That's not the partition table - Authored by: greed on Tuesday, September 25 2012 @ 03:51 PM EDT
- Reasons besides secure wipe - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, September 21 2012 @ 05:43 PM EDT

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