No System Disk

[Guest Emily]

Hi,

 

I want to get rid of an old laptop, and ordinarily I would run the system

disk to make sure all my deleted files are gone and can't be retrieved.

Unfortunately, I can't find my system disk. Any suggestions? I'm looking

for the quickest possible solution. :-)

 

Thanks!

[Guest John McGaw]

Re: No System Disk

 

Emily wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I want to get rid of an old laptop, and ordinarily I would run the system

> disk to make sure all my deleted files are gone and can't be retrieved.

> Unfortunately, I can't find my system disk. Any suggestions? I'm looking

> for the quickest possible solution. :-)

>

> Thanks!

 

Download Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN), put it on a floppy or CD, boot it on

the computer in question, let the program run (perhaps overnight if your

disk drive is large), and then confirm that it has completed its work.

After that you can get rid of the computer with confidence that nobody will

be reading your files.

 

http://www.dban.org/

 

John McGaw

http://johnmcgaw.com

[Guest John]

Re: No System Disk

 

 

"Emily" <Emily@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:9DC4EFEB-10B9-405C-A18F-D411B05BE73E@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> I want to get rid of an old laptop, and ordinarily I would run the system

> disk to make sure all my deleted files are gone and can't be retrieved.

> Unfortunately, I can't find my system disk. Any suggestions? I'm looking

> for the quickest possible solution. :-)

 

quickest solution is to use the following on your hard disk (or laptop):

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=561138

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: No System Disk

 

On Aug 5, 12:22 am, "John" <a> wrote:

> "Emily" <Em...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>

> news:9DC4EFEB-10B9-405C-A18F-D411B05BE73E@microsoft.com...

>

> > Hi,

>

> > I want to get rid of an old laptop, and ordinarily I would run the system

> > disk to make sure all my deleted files are gone and can't be retrieved.

> > Unfortunately, I can't find my system disk.  Any suggestions?  I'm looking

> > for the quickest possible solution.  :-)

>

> quickest solution is to use the following on your hard disk (or laptop):http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=561138

 

Getting rid of a PC may not mean "trashing" the system into a

recycling facility or the garbage. The OP may want to give it to

someone else or donate it to some organization, in working order.