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| Thread ID: 48170 | 2004-08-16 05:57:00 | Deleting old programmes etc | suebates (6032) | Press F1 |
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| 262115 | 2004-08-16 05:57:00 | I have a 3 year old computer which I would like to sell. It came with windows 98 installed but everything else I would like to remove. How can I be sure all other programs and information has been permanently removed? | suebates (6032) | ||
| 262116 | 2004-08-16 06:00:00 | >How can I be sure all other programs and information has been permanently removed? You cant unless you write zero's to the drive, reformat, and reinstall |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 262117 | 2004-08-16 06:02:00 | Hi and Welcome to PressF1 :) The best way of doing this would be to reformat and reinstall Win98. Then reload any programs that you are including in the sale such as Office etc. It is also nice to install a free antivirus program for them as well such as AVG. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 262118 | 2004-08-16 06:39:00 | Well if you don't take above advice here is a program which will give the computer a good reaming: personal.inet.fi |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 262119 | 2004-08-16 06:56:00 | Kill Disk (http://www.killdisk.com/) will do the job for you. There is a free version that does a one pass write with 0's. Read the Common Questions section before proceeding. Once done you can then format the drive and leave as is or re-install the OS, etc, as suggested (which will write more data to disc which is good). If someone is determined to find out what was on the drive they can still do so if they are prepared to spend some money on data recovery. If you want/need more security than a one pass over-write then another programme like the pro (paid) version of Kill Disk will be required. Even then some data may be recoverable, it would cost heaps of $$ to do so though. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 262120 | 2004-08-16 07:29:00 | if its 3 yrs old then y does it have windows 98? shouldnt it be XP or 2000 | Hiren (3722) | ||
| 262121 | 2004-08-16 08:29:00 | Why? I have xp pro but put this back to 98se. Saves having to put security fixes in ad infinitum. Pretty face, but underneath, a bit bloated. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 262122 | 2004-08-16 08:59:00 | No Hiren. We replaced a PC at work about three years ago and had the choice of XP, 2000, or 98. For compatability reasons we chose 98, and moved to XP more recently. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 262123 | 2004-08-16 09:07:00 | I believe up until sometime last year you could still purchase PC's with win98 pre-loaded. Wouldn't be my choice but depends on cost and usage I guess. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
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