Using the Recovery Disk to prep this computer before giving it to someone else
Monday, June 11, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3925 messages posted)
|I've been given the impression that computers just get "used up"..
| Wanda
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If you aren't *purposely* creating files
(saving pictures, writing papers, installing programs, etc.),
then any "used" disk space should be considered to be *temporary* files.
Any of that can easily be reclaimed.
|my AOL would send a message that they couldn't connect me
|because I had no disk space left.
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I described how to reclaim your Internet Cache space (1 of the 4 categories);
cleaning out that single category should cure the bulk of your problem.
|the defrag never seemed to work...
|I'd leave it on all day, and, yet, it would only register a 1% completion
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"Defrag (or Scandisk) Stalls"
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1123187486
|Oh well, I do have the new one[...]
|I had intended to give my old one to a 12 yr. old boy in my neighborhood[...]
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Ah. That data point wasn't previously mentioned.
If, instead of giving their perceived *solution* to a problem
and asking how to implement that,
folks would instead describe the *actual* problem and/or circumstances,
a lot of false starts could be avoided.
|[...]IF the recovery disk had brought back some space.
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Yes, the wipe-and-reinstall that the Recovery Disk will do is apt for that instance.
Any of your personal data (e.g. social security number, credit card numbers)
will *pretty much* be cleaned off the hard drive
and a fresh installation of Windows and of the bundled programs will be done.
If *I* was giving away / selling a computer, I would do a FOR-SURE wipe
of the drive
--that is OVERWRITE (with gibberish) all the existing files / disk space.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Darik's.Boot.and.Nuke
FORMATting does *NOT* destroy data absolutely
and disk space that is supposedly "blank" can still contain recoverable data;
a "Wipe" utility like DBAN is the proper way to do this.
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