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Force LE 480 Gb - Cannot Remove Linux MBR


Lah Ca

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I have a Force LE drive which was used in a Legacy BIOS system running Ubuntu 1804. I would like to re-purpose it for use in a UEFI BIOS system.

 

Secure Erase from the Corsair Tool Kit does not remove the Linux MBR.

 

Neither gdisk or dd in Linux will remove the Linux MBR.

 

Diskpart/clean in Windows 10 will not remove the Linux MBR.

 

Both Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.03 will install on the drive in the UEFI system but will not boot - disk read errors reported at boot.

 

The drive continues to work in the Legacy BIOS system where it was originally installed if I reinstall Linux on it. Corsair Tool Kit, such as it has diagnostics, does not report any errors with the drive.

 

How can I reset this drive to factory defaults so that I can re-purpose it?

 

Thanks.

 

Cheers.

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Thank you to the people who looked at this topic.

 

What I found that finally worked was gdisk.

 

sgdisk --zap-all /dev/sdX

 

Run in Linux terminal as root.

 

Where X represents a, b, c, etc or whatever the real designation is.

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Hmmm .... it was completely irresponsible of me not to point out that the sgdisk "Zap" command above is dangerous - it removes everything (MBR, GPT, partitions) from a hard drive. Use it cautiously. Check and double check that the correct disk is being addressed. Read documentation on gdisk. K?
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