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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 09:56 PM Original message |
Qestion...selling an old Win 95 PC...how do I wipe the HDD clean? |
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Cyndee_Lou_Who (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Format and FDISK then reinstall Windows |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Sadly, I don't have the Win 95 disks anymore...that's the problem |
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Cyndee_Lou_Who (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. well, you can probably sell formatted with no Operating System |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Remove the hard drive. Give it a few licks with a hammer. |
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Cyndee_Lou_Who (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not if they knew what they were doing.... |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well, the going rate for a job like that is about $2,000. If you |
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Cyndee_Lou_Who (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I certainly don't claim to be able to recover data on a physically |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You must not have noticed that my recommendation was to |
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Cadence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Set the harddrive next to a really powerful magnet. |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Formatting does not deleat the files and deleate does not remove |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Here's how, hope you have a floppy in that old tank |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. One last thing |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. And here is a link for brand new WIN95 on EBAY for new owner |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Thanks... |
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aePrime (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. Deleting/formatting is no good |
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