re: second-hand computer Friday, February 6, 2004 at 7:54 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) Narc on 'em! ;-) Otherwise, if you have one of the "utility" packages (Norton System Works, OnTrack, VCom System Suite, etc), they usually include a hard disk overwriting tool or other "file shredder" type of tool. Recommend several passes, then fdisk /mbr to get somewhere close to "bare metal." Then install OS of choice and enjoy. Written in response to: second-hand computer (abnash: Friday, February 6, 2004 at 3:15 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] second-hand computer (abnash: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 3:15 am) re: second-hand computer (scifi fred: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 3:28 am) re: second-hand computer (Kevin: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 5:05 am) re: second-hand computer (L Esl: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 5:12 am) re: second-hand computer (triplate: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 5:26 am) re: second-hand computer (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 7:54 am) 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 XP Discussion Forum