Clearing Memory, help |
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 Feb 26 2005, 05:02 PM
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I have an old pc I'm giving to my cousin. I want to erase my history and stuff. How do you do it? Can you make it so its wiped clean?
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Feb 26 2005, 05:19 PM
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If you want the operating system and software still on it, but the internet history and all erased, you do that in Internet Options. If you want your computer all wiped, and like-new, than put the operating system disk in.
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Feb 28 2005, 01:06 PM
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try reformatting your computer, then reinstalling, if you really want to clean it.
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Feb 28 2005, 09:28 PM
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 Ne0 Is The One Group: Member Posts: 1,348 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 24,349 |
Reformatting is the best way to clean everything out leaving no trace.
Depends on whether u have the software to do so. |
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Mar 3 2005, 03:32 PM
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 insanitys contagious. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,210 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,707 |
eh get a program for that.
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Mar 3 2005, 07:12 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
reformatting only erases the index of the drive...
the actual information is still there. buy a drivewipe utility that will overwrite all info with zeros. |
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Mar 3 2005, 07:53 PM
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 baker o.O Group: Member Posts: 446 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 97,190 |
what?^ refromatting erases EVERYTHING on your hdd haha i have reformatted about 100 times and everything gets eraced
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Mar 3 2005, 11:59 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
no, reformatting erases the index portion of the drive.
it's basically like tearing out the table of contents and index of a book. sure, you can't SEE the information with your comptuer, and it looks blank, but there are programs that can retrive this information. |
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Mar 4 2005, 01:52 AM
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 Happy Person Group: Member Posts: 1,729 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,674 |
i doubt the person whos getting it will try to read stuff on the comp >.> practicality calls for the easiest way to confuse the majority
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Mar 4 2005, 01:54 AM
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QUOTE(largosama @ Mar 4 2005, 1:52 AM) i doubt the person whos getting it will try to read stuff on the comp >.> practicality calls for the easiest way to confuse the majority  once i got my uncles old PC...and it was damn full of porn |
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