Re: Erase hard drive for gift?
- From: "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:53:31 +0100
"STW" <woof88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a machine that I would like to give away to someone but there is
information on it that I don not want made available. If I have to remove
the C drive and run it over with my car I will. If there is a way to
completely erase everything for this person to start over I would prefer
that. Thanks for helping.
STW
The average user will be stopped by the method that nass suggested.
You could also boot the machine with a Win98 boot diskette from
www.bootdisk.com, then run delpart.exe
(http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm)
to delete all partitions.
It the new user is determined enough then he could undo the
formatting with some undelete tools. Driving the car over the
disk won't make much of a difference but the three-brick
method will: Place two bricks on the ground, leaving a large
gap between. Now place your disk so that bridges the gap,
the drop the third brick onto the disk, edge first. After 5 or
10 drops, the disk case (and the platters inside) will be broken.
You could, of course, simply remove the disk and ask the
recipient to buy an new one. They are cheap.
.
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