[ale] Re: erasing ext3 filesystems securely

[Michael B. Trausch]

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ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> Yeah. My memory is foggy. It's been so long since I used Windows - but if I 
> recall correctly, Windows doesn't "work with" ext3 and other partitions. I 
> think I remember having to go as far as using Linux to "unpartition" the 
> drive before trying to install Windows. Not that it matters, but please 
> correct me if I am wrong.
> 

Windows pre-2k cannot handle logical partitions that are non-FATxx and
non-NTFS located within an extended partition... it tells you that none
exist, and yet when you attempt to remove the extended partition, it
tells you there are logical drives within the extended partition and
that you must delete them first.  Nasty little cycle.

I haven't seen any issues with this on Win2k / XP configurations, however.

	- Mike

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