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re: Using the Recovery Disk to prep this computer before giving it to someone else
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 11:52 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Wanda
(7 messages posted)
Well, I just put my computer back together again..hard job lifting the monitor and
modem. I can't believe that I didn't need a new computer. My IBM is 93% systems
free and the disk space is 88% free. I sure can't throw this computer away.
Thanks for your input and support.
Wanda
On Monday, June 11, 2007 at 2:08 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>|I've been given the impression that computers just get "used up"..
>| Wanda
>|
>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.
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>|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.
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>|the defrag never seemed to work...
>|I'd leave it on all day, and, yet, it would only register a 1% completion
>|
>"Defrag (or Scandisk) Stalls"
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1123187486
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>|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[...]
>|
>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.
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>|[...]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.
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>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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