Solve : Erasing a Linux Hard Drive In Windows?

1.	Solve : Erasing a Linux Hard Drive In Windows?
Answer» My main computer is running Windows Vista, and for a while I was experimenting with Linux (Ubuntu) installed on an external harddrive. At the moment I've found that I really don't use it all that much, so I wanted to free up the space. Unfortunately, Windows doesn't appear to recognize that there is a hard drive there. Does ANYONE know how I might go about this? I don't need to scavenge any files off the drive, just a clean wipe so I can start fresh. Do you SEE any LIGHTS on the external drive? Can you try it on another computer?I'm impressed you were able to set up the external HDD to boot Ubuntu...not an easy chore. Since Linux USES a bootloader that hides better than most i would use the Linux version of FDisk to do this. Then PARTITION and format it in the file system you want and you should be good to go. Last time i did this with normal tools it wouldn't get rid of GRUB/

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