Erase the HD and start anew in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r9978834 en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:21:03 EDT Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:21:03 EDT Re: Erase the HD and start anew http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9982719 richk_1957 : We all know formatting doesn't remove everything [in this case it might not make a difference]. One of them, boots & runs off a CD or Floppy and really erases everything [of course, this can take a couple hours], so that when you go to install windows, you get the message 'Setup has detected you are using a factory fresh hard drive.....':) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9982719 Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:18:07 EDT Re: Erase the HD and start anew http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9979146 Varangian : Format C...oh I love it when they talk dirty like that]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9979146 Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:27:42 EDT Erase the HD and start anew http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9978834 StuartMW : I'm not an average computer user or purchaser so I've always erased the HD of any new machine I've bought and reinstalled the stuff I want from the supplied CD's (if any). With a few exceptions the "free" software provided with most new machines is pretty useless IMO (crippled, time-limited, not upgradable).
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