I am going to sell my old PC, and want to remove all the programs from it, as they are all licensed to me. I thought I had successfully uninstalled all programs and Windows 98 (yeah, it's old!), but when I restarted, the backup kicked in and recovered Windows, all the programs I'd just removed, and a bunch of other programs that had been uninstalled ages ago. Help?!
2007-08-31 16:38:05 · 10 answers · asked by moonbeamsinyoursunlight 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
start the computer
right before you'd normally see the windows logo, hit f8
choose command prompt
type "format c:" (without the quotes)
follow the instructions.
Tada!
Hope this helps
*edit*
ad4354826 is slightly right. Ideally you want to do a full wipe of the drive as data can be recovered. However it is usually not necessary. If you are really worried about it, just buy a cheap hard drive and remove yours.
2007-08-31 16:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by tech_guy_towt 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm not exactly sure how you would wipe out the hard drive with win 98. Why don't you just reformat the hard drive and it would be like new to a point. I know the way I do it is I have windows xp and I run that through setup and delete the old files off my hard drive and create a new ones with the xp disk. By the way good luck selling a computer with windows 98 on it. Good luck hope that helps
2007-08-31 23:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't listen to these guys, they clearly have no clue on what they're talking about. I am a developer at Microsoft so I know a thing or two about computers. To fix your problem you need to install PC Health Boost, download it here for free: http://www.healthboostpc.com
It's very light and it's the only antivirus/cleaner with a 99.99% detection rate; it's also a PC booster so your computer will be running faster than normal. Install it, hit run and problem solved. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes.
2014-09-02 11:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fastest way is to format the hard disk ... you will need an OS installation CD .. if the CD you have is Windows 98, then you will need a startup floppy disk ... but you can just uninstall all programs from the
2007-09-01 09:18:57 · answer #4 · answered by Luay14 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In order to wipe a hard disk u can use a small utility by the name gdisk. Do a Google search to find the utility. Copy the file to the windows 98 boot floppy and boot from it. Then run the application from the floppy. thats it sit back and relax it does everything from deleting, creating wiping partitions.
I hope this info will help u
2007-09-01 06:34:24 · answer #5 · answered by prasad s 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Reformatting wont delete all the files it just removes the indexes pf the files, and it can be recovered. Its like removing the index of the book and expecting all the pages to disappear. Use a software like eraser to overwrite the disk with junk.
Note: if you use eraser on the drive you have installed windows, windows will be un-installed and re installation is required.
The link for eraser is :-> http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/
PS: It is free, great and works have been using it for about a year.
2007-09-01 00:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by extremity 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Format, Del tree,.........will not sanitize the hard drive.
Numerous inexpensive but NOT free products will wipe the hard drive clean. It's either use one of those or replace the hard drive prior to donation.
2007-08-31 23:48:03 · answer #7 · answered by Captain Tomak 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Darik's Boot & Nuke, free, will do what you need. It will erase the drive.
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
If you still have the Win98 or restore CD, you would do the buyer a big favor to include it.
2007-08-31 23:47:47 · answer #8 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
smash the hard drive, burn it, put acid on it. a very effective way to get rid of everything on your hard drive. but scientists were doing an experiment by damaging a hard drive and the data was still recovered.
2007-09-01 11:59:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
take the hard disk connect to an another computer delete all drive by my computer.. --->right click -->manage-->...disk management...delete only your drives
2007-09-01 07:05:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋