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second-hand computer
Friday, February 6, 2004 at 3:15 am
Posted by abnash
(52 messages posted)
A friend of mine purchased a second-hand computer from a hospital. The problem is
the hospitals old files and programs are still installed (although she cannot and
doesnt want to access them) Is it safe for her to uninstall these programs (or most
of them) and install windows xp?
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re: second-hand computer
Friday, February 6, 2004 at 3:28 am
Posted by scifi fred
(4 messages posted)
reformat and install a new os of your choice on it
On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 3:15 am, abnash wrote:
>A friend of mine purchased a second-hand computer from a hospital. The problem is
>the hospitals old files and programs are still installed (although she cannot and
>doesnt want to access them) Is it safe for her to uninstall these programs (or most
>of them) and install windows xp?
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re: second-hand computer
Friday, February 6, 2004 at 5:05 am
Posted by Kevin
(2497 messages posted)
Yes, with one caveat. If the PC is running an older operating system, it may not
be capable of running XP. Check the Windows XP home page for hardware requirements.
On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 3:15 am, abnash wrote:
>A friend of mine purchased a second-hand computer from a hospital. The problem is
>the hospitals old files and programs are still installed (although she cannot and
>doesnt want to access them) Is it safe for her to uninstall these programs (or most
>of them) and install windows xp?
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re: second-hand computer
Friday, February 6, 2004 at 5:12 am
Posted by L Esl
(879 messages posted)
Whew! Sure glad it's highly unlikely that me and mine didn't have medical care at
THAT facility!! Hate to think of what else they might have left lying around for
the casual observer to see if they sold parts of their computer system complete with
files (:
On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 3:15 am, abnash wrote:
>A friend of mine purchased a second-hand computer from a hospital. The problem is
>the hospitals old files and programs are still installed (although she cannot and
>doesnt want to access them) Is it safe for her to uninstall these programs (or most
>of them) and install windows xp?
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re: second-hand computer
Friday, February 6, 2004 at 5:26 am
Posted by triplate
(20738 messages posted)
Happens all the time...go to any puter junkyard and pick up a couple hdd,s.....you
wont believe what you find on them..;)
On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 5:12 am, L Esl wrote:
>Whew! Sure glad it's highly unlikely that me and mine didn't have medical care
at
>THAT facility!! Hate to think of what else they might have left lying around for
>the casual observer to see if they sold parts of their computer system complete
with
>files (:
>
>
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re: second-hand computer
Friday, February 6, 2004 at 7:54 am
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.
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