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| Thread ID: 19291 | 2002-05-12 07:39:00 | This may have ya stumped | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 48472 | 2002-05-12 07:39:00 | I opened the properties box on ?temporary Internet files?Selected ?ENABLE THUMBNAIL VIEW?then opened the ?Temporary Internet File?selected view THUMBNAILS ?don?t ask why? and wow 7 new files appeared and between them they contained pic?s from every site I have ever been too? EVER? despite deleting the contents of the temporary Internet file on a regular basis. After an age i deleted them all then came the defrag and wow my hard drive looked like a patch work quilt , me thinks I will sell my comp with a formatted hard drive. |
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| 48473 | 2002-05-12 09:35:00 | The first you have to know is that deleted files are not really deleted. They are just marked by the hard drive as 'overwritable'. They do not get overwritten until the hard drive needs the space that they reside in. If you do sell your computer, I recommend that you not only reformat, but use a utility that will physically overwrite every sector with random 1's and 0's. |
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| 48474 | 2002-05-12 22:35:00 | An app that writes random 0s and 1s? Covers a number of programs I use. | Guest (0) | ||
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