On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:52:51 EST, [log in to unmask] 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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You did not mention what operating system is on the systems you are trying to clean up.

If you have a boot disk with fdisk and format on it, and an Operating Sytem Disk, you can start completely fresh on the computer that was given you. You will have to reinstall the peripheral drivers also.

I am not familiar with the Clean Up software you were given. I know there is a clean up utility in Windows that will clean "files" from your system.

There are many software programs out there that you can try for free. You can go to http://www.google.com and type in: "hard disk clean up" (using the parenthesis) and it will pull up a lot of the programs for you to view.

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