"Thor" <> wrote in message
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> "Mistercmk"
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> > "Hamman" <****> wrote in message
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> > > "Mistercmk"
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> > > wrote in message news:vT2vc.26691$3x.3495@attbi_s54...
> > > > I am the IT manager for a company with computers running Windows XP,
> and
> > > all
> > > > the computers are located far away from each other. I need to
format
> > all
> > > of
> > > > these machines, and I don't want to have to go to each and every
> > computer.
> > > > It would take forever. How can I do this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > You need to create a boot server, and a set of network boot disks.
> > > Create the windows installation on the boot server and set the network
> > disks
> > > to load from it.
> > > Afterwards you can connect the machines back to the domain and deploy
> your
> > > applications in the normal way.
> > >
> > > You might want to ask in one of the M$ server groups for more specific
> > > details.
> > >
> > > hamman
> > >
> > >
> > I just want a way to format the hard drives, and not install another OS.
> We
> > will be upgrading machines, and just want a way to wipe them where they
> are
> > now, and then the new machines which have been already set up will just
be
> > swapped in. Thanks
>
> So you want to format them for security reasons? Hate to tell you this,
but
> merely formatting them is not permanently erasing the data. You need
> something like a zero-fill utility to do an effective job of erasing the
> drives.
I just want to format them so we can re-use the machines for something else,
and thought it would be easier to do before they are swapped out for the new
machines. That way we don't need to worry about whats on the hard drive in
the future.
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