Ultimate Boot CD

Thanks to Ady and Stopspazzing. Sorry for being so dense. I didn't know you could use the downloaded CD to work on a HD when windows doesn't start up (scewed up HD). The computer I'm writting on now has the good HD on it and everything works fine. I'll try your advice. I will copy your advice onto a...

Since I am returning the HD to HP for a refund. How about putting a powerful magnet on top of the HD?
I've heard that works. I already formated both partitions so wouldn't the magnet do the trick of making everything
unreadable?

Regards,
Larry

My problem is the HD I want to erase won't boot up windows, but I was able to copy
my documents and files I wanted to keep.

So I can't put it in my computer and download the program.

You're saying that connecting the hard drive to one of the bus ports might erase the wrong disk?

Regards,
Larry

I have a old HP hard drive that I need to send back to HP for part replacement. I want to erase everything on the drive so none can retrieve the data. I will attach the hard drive to my good computer through the F drive. Where can I find a program to do this? I was told there was an Ultimate Boot CD...