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Time to wipe the Hard Drive-How to do it with Raid?

by jgparmele Jul 16, 2009 1:08AM PDT

Dell 8400-C with Raid
Windows XP Media Center Edition

This PC is 5 years old, but the hard drives are only three years-old (yes, they both were replaced TWICE, but that's another story).
Anyway, the computer has been running slowly, and I am confident that I have no spyware/adwate/viruses.
Any advice for a newbie on how to do a hard drive wipe with RAID? I am afraid that if I follow the many helpful tutorials for single-drive wiping, it will all just reappear from the other drive.
Also, will I have to wipe the second drive as well once the first one is done?

Thanks!
-Jack

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