I want to use Hiren's boot CD mini-xp to install the drivers for a new mobo that uses the original CPU and memory. The old board was an Asus M4A79T Deluxe that died... I ordered an Asus M5A97 LE R2.0.

When your PC stops booting, a boot drive is the electronic version of a defibrillator. If you can boot your PC, you can detect bad memory, chase bad sectors, change passwords, and recover data … all ...

I suppose you could boot something like Hiren's Boot CD and use a utility there. I am unsure if SSDs need wiping to the extent that magnetic disks do, but look for a utility from the maker of the SSD, ...

In my last tutorial I introduced you to Windows 2000's Disk Probe, a utility that lets you modify almost anything on your system's hard disk on a sector-by-sector basis. Now it's time to start using ...