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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Disks / File System / June 2004Re-format Win 98 hard drive
Hi, My client wants to donate an old Win 98 computer system to a school. He doesn't want the possibility of ANY of his old files to be accessed. I don't believe he cares about providing them with any usable opperating system left on the computer. I have searched my old Win 98 & Win 95 manuals for re-formating hard drives and cannot find the correct key sequences. I know he will have to manually remove his old files - OR - can he just use a keystroke sequence to all-at-once delete all the files on the hard drive? He can follow SOME instructions so the answer should be pretty simple if possible. I will not be there to help him transfer files. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Sue > Hi, > My client wants to donate an old Win 98 computer system to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > be pretty simple if possible. I will not be there to help > him transfer files. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Sue all he needs do do is use a bootdisk and once booted up...issue the command format C: note: though it's not terribly likely, someone with the right computer skills could unformat the drive...so it may not be a bad idea to reload windows on the machine If he wants a more secure format have him go to http://www.killdisk.com/ and download the free demo. It should make recovery of all info on the HD impossably all he needs to do is download then click on the file and it will load to a floppy. Reboot with that floppy and follow the instructions. Hope this helps. >-----Original Message----- >Hi, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >him transfer files. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Sue >. Since you emphasize the word "any" by capitalizing, the only sure fire way is to physically shred the entire hard drive platter(s), then smelt the shreds. There are ways to make it extremely difficult to assemble data from a hard drive. Most don't have the hardware, a clean room, and time to assemble data cleaned using these methods. > Hi, > My client wants to donate an old Win 98 computer system to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > be pretty simple if possible. I will not be there to help > him transfer files. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Sue |
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