Pat,

Just format the drive/partition and all the information on it will be gone.
(Be sure that you want to do this as it is unrecoverable.)
Then go to "My Computer" and select the drive you wish to clean (one click)
then right click to get a flow down menu. Locate the "Format" command and
click. You should get a format window.  Use all the defaults except under
"Quick Format" check the box. The drive/partition should format fairly
quick and give you a new, clean drive/partition with nothing on it.

John D.

At 12:52 PM 11/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a question. I was given a pc from a neighbor and I want to remove all
>of the info stored on it. Is there a good hard drive information remover that
>is free? Also, I have a friend that just sent me something called Clean
>Up. Is
>this the same thing? Also, if I run it on my pc that I use every day, will it
>remove anything I don't want removed like my antivirus program? I am scared
>to use it on mine, even though I know I should clean it up.  Just in case.
>I am
>on dial up run my virus scan once a week and do daily updates. I also have Ad
>Aware installed and one other program too.  So I do feel safe. Thanks for
>your help in this matter.
>
>Thanks for your help
>
>Pat Espinoza
>
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