Summary: I'm buying a new computer and would like my young daughter to learn on the old one. I'm curious to know if I can erase all my old stuff on HD(8Gig) an...
Summary: I have my computer plugged into a power strip, and i accidentally turned it off while my computer was on. When i turned the computer back on, it took ...
Summary: its just program made to erase files on a hard drive..dunno how it does it...its not virus, i have 3 virus software, that i leave on 24/7 with auto-pr...
Summary: In trying to save my friends ancient computer, I installed a new master hard drive. I unhooked the old hard drive, installed the new one as master, re...
Summary: I would like to start from scratch with my hard drive. Runnning Windows95, with partitioned 2mb drive. Would like to install Windows98. Looking to ...
Summary: Can someone tell me what to type into DOS/or do, to erase my hard drive? With my other computers I had a "recovery disc" that would erase and reinstal...
Summary: Can someone tell me how or what to type into DOS to erase my hard drive? I was told I would need to reformat it, but this computer didn't come with a ...
Summary: Does anyone know where I can find a cdrom thats free that will erase my hard drive completely or where to find a program that will erase my hard drive...
Summary: I have a gateway 2000 with win95 and would like to put win98 on. I have a full install cd I borrowed. I need to erase all the data on the hard drive a...
Summary: I am buying a new computer and I wish to give my old computer to my grandson; however, I have accumulated a lot of junk on it over the years. I would...
Summary: Thanks to jam & trvlr for your suggestions. I am not sure you understood there are two independent hard drives, drive C and drive D on the computer. ...
Summary: I have tried to uninstall many of the programs on my Windows 95 computer, but many of them still exists on the hard drive. How do I erase everything ...
Summary: Help! Can anyone tell me how to make two .5gig harddrives become one 1gig hard drive. I reformatted them and was hoping to install win98se but I tho...
Summary: I think the hard drive I'm trying to format must be toast. I can FDISK it then run FORMAT, but it always stops at 5%. I tried everything I could think...
Summary: Rich: Smart Computing has the Learning Series of books that will give you that information. Its called Guide to Upgrading; How to Upgrade Anything. ...
Summary: i would like to know if there is a way to totally wipe out my hard drive without wiping out my operating system. This is a older computer that was gi...
Summary: I HAVE TRIED TO FORMAT A HARD DRIVE ON MY COMPUTER. AFTER IT GOES THROUIGH THE FORMAT PROCESS. I GO TO THE C DRIVE AND TYPE IN C:DIR/W AND I GET A L...
Summary: I've just bought a bulk load of hard drives which have been stripped out of old Windows 95 machines. Some of them say what size they are, but most of ...
Summary: I am running windows 98 and would like to clean off my hard drive and start over ( re-install everything, with a clean slate). I have a gateway intel ...
Summary: I am running window 98 2nd edition. I have a 10 g hard drive bur the windows only sees about 2g. How do I get windows to recognize the other 8g wito...
Summary: Seems like much ado over nothing then - it's an erased, nonbooting hard drive, and the only information it can easily render is from the POST screen o...
Summary: I am also one of these people who has tried to reformat a hard drive( I was using windows 95 ). Here are some of the steps I took or didn't take. ...
Summary: When you delete any files under Windows, the actual data is still on the hard drive. No file will ever be erased until something is writing over it. ...
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