Re: Cleaning old computer

From: andy smart (anonymus_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/24/05 

Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 13:25:10 +0100

Burger wrote:
> I want to "totally delete everything off of the hard drive" and then
> reinstall the Windows XP operating system only.

There is a world of difference between deleting everything and wiping
the hard drive. Files which have been deleted can be recovered, if the
disk is wiped properly they can't.

A lot of people do not realise this and when they bring me faulty floppy
disks on which I can show them all the files they've 'deleted' they seem
shocked :-)

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