Re: free OS instead of windows?

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Sounds like a boat anchor.

A 20 GB hard drive has no real value, use a 16# hammer and
erase it. Sell the rest at a flea market or give it to a
kid.

If the floppy drive works, you can get a program called
ERASER, which runs from a floppy and wipes everything on the
drive and over-writes it beyond recovery [except for the CIA
and FBI, if they try real hard}.

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"Marcy" <rm@rmcom> wrote in message
news:%23yGH4ARGIHA.1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Darn....I new that I should have included this very
important info. The
| mouse works fine. I tried another wired mouse from my
other pc which was
| being used at the same time and the mouse did NOT work. I
even tried putting
| in a working new microsoft wireless mouse with new
batteries. and it did NOT
| work either. SO trying 3 different mice did not find the
problem. I wish it
| were that easy.
| This desktop pc is an Emachine ME with only 126 ram /and
20 gig. Nothing to
| brag about. It freezes many times so I constantly need to
restart it. Yes I
| could just save myself the agravation and give/throw this
thing away. But, I
| want the little info I have on there wiped out and
deleted. BUT how am I
| gonna be able to do that if I can even get the mouse to
click away. the
| keyboard is the only way that I have been able to do some
things on it. So
| keyboard is fine.
| How much did I pay for this last year??? $10. And as
stated, is used maybe
| once a week for a few hours if that.
| So, whats your thoughts? thank you for your help
|
|
|
| "Poprivet" <poprivet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:OCeReyOGIHA.700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Not if he has no media with windows on it.
| >
| >
| >
| > Gerry wrote:
| >> Marcy
| >>
| >> Simpler to resurrect the mouse. Is the computer a
desktop or laptop?
| >>
| >> Is the mouse wired or wireless?
| >>
| >> Does the keyboard work OK?
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> Marcy wrote:
| >>> Hi, I have an older ME machine that was using just as
a spare. All of
| >>> a sudden, I turned it on and the mouse when moved,
will not do
| >>> anything, there is NO arrow either. Strangly too, the
Icons on
| >>> desktop look bigger and different as they do when in
safe mode.
| >>> I have used this windows ME for about a year now; but
seldomly. just
| >>> when other one is tied up to surf. I got it at a yard
sale no disks
| >>> included. SO my question is this. Can I uninstall the
windows ME OS
| >>> and reinstall a free OS (if there is such a thing)-I
am gonna try to
| >>> salvage this pc if possible. If not possible, I would
like to give to
| >>> someone but want to wipe out any information and files
I might have
| >>> put on there while in use. ANy ideas?
| >>> PS I posted to ME newgroups but this question is more
on
| >>> OS....WIndows vs other (free)
| >>>
| >>> Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! !
| >
| >
| >
|
|


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