Erasing data from hard disk

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From: Patty (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 05:46:01 -0700

I have a couple of old computers that I want to recycle and would like to erase my data. For some reason, Fdisk will not engage. Is there any other way to clear it?
TIA

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