windows 98,upgrade to millenium edition.
Pc is very very slow to open window at sign on & any other that continues.Dont want any remaining information on as its going to a new home.
2007-01-31 20:53:57 · 10 answers · asked by Rascal 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Have you managed to find a home that isn't a scrap dealer that WANTS your relic?
2007-01-31 20:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want to ensure that all your data is destroyed and cannot be recovered, without destroying the actual drive, I would recommend DBAN. It can be downloaded off the internet for free, and is used by organisations like the police, local government and even the CIA in the US. It works by writing strings of Zero data to every sector on the drive. I regularly have to datawipe drives for customers who don't want confidential information to get into the mainstream, and this is by far the best program. You can download it from dban.sourceforge.net Hope that helps :) IT@tonicweb.co.uk
2007-02-01 05:10:44 · answer #2 · answered by prophecyuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Create a bootable floppy, boot the PC from this disk and format the drive then
2007-02-01 09:54:25 · answer #3 · answered by Adrian C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply deleting your file or even formatting your hard drive will not completely erase your data from it. Even repartitioning will not do it. You need to overwrite the data with garbage and there are programs to do it. For a free program, try http://www.scar5.com for simple file shredder.
2007-02-01 05:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Format the Hard disk and reinstall the OS.
2007-02-01 05:08:33 · answer #5 · answered by Ravi G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could reinstall the operating system, given that you select the option to FORMAT and not QUICK FORMAT during the installation.
2007-02-01 04:58:14 · answer #6 · answered by Timothy L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Further to the excellent answer on DBAN, you can download a bootable CD image containing this and many other tools from http://www.sysresccd.org/ .
2007-02-01 09:45:38 · answer #7 · answered by Flup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right Click on the hard drivr icon and then format it
2007-02-01 05:01:21 · answer #8 · answered by Lancelot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put a magnet across the harddrive.
2007-02-01 05:02:07 · answer #9 · answered by #@%! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I normally use a hammer and then some fire.
2007-02-01 05:07:18 · answer #10 · answered by gadmack2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋