Re: clearing my hard drive

From: Alaa Abdelhalim [MSFT] (alaa_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/23/03


Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:58:37 -0700


No. You either find and delete your personal data (which may includes
documents and other files) yourself, or just format the hard drive (and lose
the applications). I think the second approach would be safer for you.

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"Lauren" <Laurengator@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I am donating my computer, and would like to clear
> personal info off the hard drive.  However, I'd like to
> keep the programs intact.  Is there software available
> for Windows 98 that will do this?


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