re: formatting Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 11:18 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by bob wells (1636 messages posted) OOPS, Not my Post http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/t1181816586 :-) On Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 9:59 am, gewg_ wrote: >|You do understand that Formatting the HDD will wipe out everything[...]? >| bob wells >| >Well, it will screw up everything. >What it WON'T do is a secure deletion of data on the drive >(if the OP is planning to give it away / sell it). > >|Before you proceed it might be a good idea to post some info >|on what you are trying to accomplish[...] >| >Yup. Too often we see a question about *how* to do something >--that is, someones's (often wrong) **perceived** solution to a problem-- >and someone like Keith[1] answers the question that was asked >without ever finding out what the actual problem is. > >|Do you have all the CD's/software to restore [your] system? >| >...and the Windows Product Key? > > >[1] I've been guilty of this myself. Written in response to: re: formatting (gewg_: Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 9:59 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] formatting (scooby: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 3:23 am) re: formatting (Keith Stanier: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 4:11 am) re: formatting (bob wells: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 9:06 am) re: formatting (gewg_: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 9:59 am) re: formatting (bob wells: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 11:18 am) re: formatting (Keith Stanier: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 12:32 pm) re: formatting (gewg_: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 1:22 pm) re: formatting (bob wells: Sat, Jun 16, 2007, 12:06 pm) Threading and blockquoting (gewg_: Sat, Jun 16, 2007, 12:51 pm) re: Threading and blockquoting (bob wells: Sat, Jun 16, 2007, 2:45 pm) re: formatting (Steve: Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 2:44 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum