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Re: Wipe hard drive? 18 Years Ago by DavidRyan … first. Defrag your drive, until it can defrag no more. Wipe your temporary files (Disc Clean Up and Disk Defragmenter are… Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools). Don't wipe office files though, if you do you'll have to… Wipe hard drive? 18 Years Ago by dickt360 My hard drive is completely full of junk that i don't need anymore, and is rendering my computer basically useless. For example, it takes my computer over 20 minutes just to start up. So i want to completely wipe my hard drive and start out from scratch. Please, anyone with knowledge, How can i go about this? wipe out hdd 16 Years Ago by manzoor … i want to know how would i be able to wipe out all the hdd and partition it what to do… How To Wipe Volume 11 Years Ago by sophiaya Wipe Volume can erase the data on the volume completely and ensure that the data can not be recovered by any data recovery solution. But how? Re: Wipe HD 16 Years Ago by jbennet … magnetic memory. This is the best method to use to wipe a drive. I use it myself. Personally reccomend the DoD… Re: Wipe all Information from my Computer for Donation 10 Years Ago by CimmerianX … accessible from the OS anymore. However, the without a secure wipe, there may be file remnants on the PC that can… Re: installing after full wipe? 17 Years Ago by bobbyraw you seem to be on the right track but to shed some more light a wipe is just like a format. the mania difference is the setting you can use in a wipe, you have to option to wipe the disk as if it was never used before or write zeros to the entire disk. in a wipe data is virtually unrecoverable. in a format you can get back data. Re: How To Wipe Hard Diskï¼Ÿ 11 Years Ago by rubberman … it up. Login as root (administrator). Then, wipe the disc with the dd command. Assuming that this…chunks. There may be Windows tools that can wipe a drive also, but this is the …method I use to wipe client system discs when they want to sell/…their systems. FWIW, this is NOT a forensic wipe - to do that, you need to write different… How do you completely wipe Hard drive (NOT using "format c:" or "fdisk"? 20 Years Ago by bagpipes1000 How do you completely wipe Hard drive (NOT using "format c:" or "… when reinstalling 98se! Please help me find a way to wipe the hard drive completly. Thank You. Craig Newbie & Need advice to wipe old computers 19 Years Ago by cccc-4 … that I want to give to charity, but need to wipe first. Is a reformat good enough, or do I need… some wipe software? Don't want to buy if I can avoid… please help cant wipe my computer 17 Years Ago by u82dan … is setting up the router automatically. i also tried to wipe my computer but its having non of it i have… them having a clue its happening so i want to wipe both my computer and laptop again and reinstall the router… installing after full wipe? 17 Years Ago by whoost … want. A friend of mine showed me a program to wipe the entire disk with so it would be like brand… a disk, i just need to know about after i wipe it. I'm going to install windows XP SP2 onto… Re: how to completely wipe mac drive 9 Years Ago by rch1231 There is an option built into the OS to do a drive wipe. Here is a link to a page that explains the procedure with screen shots, etc. : [http://www.howtogeek.com/179284/how-to-securely-wipe-a-hard-drive-on-your-mac/](http://www.howtogeek.com/179284/how-to-securely-wipe-a-hard-drive-on-your-mac/) How to Completely Wipe All Data from a Laptop Before Selling It? 5 Months Ago by Akshat_5 Hi Guys, Before selling my laptop, I want to securely wipe all data so it can’t be recovered. Deleting files or formatting the drive isn’t enough for security. I’ve read that SysTools Data Wipe Software can erase data permanently, but I’m open to other recommendations. What’s the best way to do this safely? Re: How to Completely Wipe All Data from a Laptop Before Selling It? 5 Months Ago by rproffitt … why did you write "safely?" A good wipe will wipe out the OS and for some they don't know… Re: How to Completely Wipe All Data from a Laptop Before Selling It? 5 Months Ago by Salem … "Three Letter Agency" is involved. Any attempt to wipe a disk with a Windows OS still in residence is… approach would be to use [DBAN](https://dban.org/) to wipe the installation partition, then reboot to the recovery partition to… Re: Newbie & Need advice to wipe old computers 19 Years Ago by cccc-4 …. Seems to have worked well. Has several choices for which wipe to use - some take a very long time to complete… Re: installing after full wipe? 17 Years Ago by whoost … know if multiple partitions is even necessary, but after the wipe, what should i do about that small FAT? Re: installing after full wipe? 17 Years Ago by whoost … reinstalls before, just never full wipes this time... a full wipe is kind of more like a requirement. thank you though… Re: How to Completely Wipe All Data from a Laptop Before Selling It? 3 Months Ago by FluentBit To wipe all data from a laptop before selling: Backup Important Files. … I need to wipe my son's Hard drive and re-install XP pro 20 Years Ago by Wallace Tait Help, I need to wipe my son's Hard drive and re-install XP pro. … What does reinstalling windows xp wipe out? 20 Years Ago by syretz I tried using the windows xp repair and it didn't help. If I choose reinstall a fresh copy of windows xp, what are the ramifications? Does it wipe out my files, my periperal drivers and DSL software? or nothing? thanks Re: What does reinstalling windows xp wipe out? 20 Years Ago by Dani It will wipe out all of your personal files, customized settings, and software you have installed. It will be a fresh installation of Windows XP as if you had just bought your computer. Are you sure this is something you need to do? What errors are you getting that prompted yu to run Windows XP repair? Uninstall or Wipe clean Windows XP Upgrade 20 Years Ago by dcteddybear40 a friend of mine was given a comp with windows xp on it and then they installed windows xp upgrade. how do I remove the upgrade or do I need to wipe the whole C drive clean as it is taking up a lot of memory and a lot of the programs are interferring with each other. Hard disk wipe and XP install 20 Years Ago by yaduks Hi, i bought a new P4 with XP to replace my old PII, Win2000, 64meg ram I would like to possibly sell my PII, but it needs to be cleaned up i.e. preferably HDD wiped and start again with XP. Is it worth it given i have only 64 meg ram on my old machine? If so, can someone advise easiest way to wipe the HDD and install XP? thanks, yaduks Re: Hard disk wipe and XP install 20 Years Ago by nicentral … an EXCELLENT Linux based file server. If you want to wipe your hard drive, use Symantec's gdisk utility with a… Malaware Wipe problems... 18 Years Ago by Grooz13 Hi, I have problems with malaware wipe everytime I open my Internet explorer, he sends me false … how to completely wipe memory 17 Years Ago by psyche! … have found nothing that specifically tells me how to completely wipe the memory of my laptop. I have a Toshiba Satellite… Re: how to completely wipe memory 17 Years Ago by compdoc you don't wipe memory, its the hard drive that gets wiped but if … File wipe & drag-n-drop support 14 Years Ago by RenanLazarotto Hey guys! Two questions: how can I completely wipe a file from disk with vb.net? I found a …