Networking/Hard Drive

Windows XP Network >> Networking/Hard Drive Hi
I removed my hard drive from a dsl account, I am wondering
should I have used sysprep to prepare the drive for
removal from the network. I did this to format the drive
(it was acting funky) and thought that it might have been
infected. I then did a low level format with all zeros I
followed up with a fresh install from a cd-rom boot, only
it would not see it at booting it would fly right by the
boot from cd rom question that it asked. So my question
is, is sysprep a program that might have helped me in this
episode (Ticket) Oh I mention all this because I read once
that the sid# is involved with sysprep I am guessing for
sercurity reasons and removing the drive with all things
considered may have responed better when the reinstall was
attemped.

Thanks

Dbarselow

Windows XP545

Windows XP Network >> Networking/Hard Drive Hi
Nah! If you reformat a drive you do not have to do any thing
pre-reformatting, since reformatting erases every thing.

Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Dbarselow" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I removed my hard drive from a dsl account, I am wondering
> should I have used sysprep to prepare the drive for
> removal from the network. I did this to format the drive
> (it was acting funky) and thought that it might have been
> infected. I then did a low level format with all zeros I
> followed up with a fresh install from a cd-rom boot, only
> it would not see it at booting it would fly right by the
> boot from cd rom question that it asked. So my question
> is, is sysprep a program that might have helped me in this
> episode (Ticket) Oh I mention all this because I read once
> that the sid# is involved with sysprep I am guessing for
> sercurity reasons and removing the drive with all things
> considered may have responed better when the reinstall was
> attemped.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dbarselow
>