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StuartMW
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Erase the HD and start anew

I'm not an average computer user or purchaser so I've always erased the HD of any new machine I've bought and reinstalled the stuff I want from the supplied CD's (if any). With a few exceptions the "free" software provided with most new machines is pretty useless IMO (crippled, time-limited, not upgradable).
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permalink · 2004-04-15 11:42:54 · Reply to this

Varangian

join:2002-12-08
Collinsville, IL

Re: Erase the HD and start anew

Format C...oh I love it when they talk dirty like that
permalink · 2004-04-15 12:27:42 · Reply to this

richk_1957
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Minas Tirith

Re: Erase the HD and start anew

We all know formatting doesn't remove everything [in this case it might not make a difference]. One of them, boots & runs off a CD or Floppy and really erases everything [of course, this can take a couple hours], so that when you go to install windows, you get the message 'Setup has detected you are using a factory fresh hard drive.....':)
permalink · 2004-04-15 19:18:07 · Reply to this
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