FAX

[Guest]

Used the XP FAX and immediately on sending the whole computer closed down and
subsequently would never boot up fully before closing down abruptly. Tried
Last known good system, debug, and safe mode all to no avail and System
Restore did not work from safe mode.

Now I had heard that it was likely if I had re-formatted my drive often that
some junk could be left on the drive, so I ran an eraser program 3 times

Reformatted the drive, installed XPpro/S2/IE7 and 45 odd programs and now
the system including XP FAX is stable

Is it true that re-formatting may leave junk on a drive? I have never seen
any reports of this on any forum.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Used the XP FAX and immediately on sending the whole computer closed down
and
subsequently would never boot up fully before closing down abruptly. Tried
Last known good system, debug, and safe mode all to no avail and System
Restore did not work from safe mode.

Now I had heard that it was likely if I had re-formatted my drive often
that
some junk could be left on the drive, so I ran an eraser program 3 times

Reformatted the drive, installed XPpro/S2/IE7 and 45 odd programs and now
the system including XP FAX is stable

Is it true that re-formatting may leave junk on a drive? I have never
seen
any reports of this on any forum.

For most practical puproses, it's not really true. For forensic recovery
purposes, it is true. .

It is true that with poper software and hardware data can be recovered from
a formatted disk. For purposes of reinstallation, removing and recreating
the partition and formatting is normally sufficient. If it isn't, you
might consider replacing the drive; they are inexpensive.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

For most practical puproses, it's not really true. For forensic recovery
purposes, it is true. .

It is true that with poper software and hardware data can be recovered from
a formatted disk. For purposes of reinstallation, removing and recreating
the partition and formatting is normally sufficient. If it isn't, you
might consider replacing the drive; they are inexpensive.

HTH
-pk


I use the whole of my 120 GB drives as a single partition and external back up drives to retaim data (mostly 10 mb camera pictures). Yes, I can re-install, but there have been some peculiar effects, as, for example, toolbars not functioning properly. I don't think my drives are faulty and surface scans show no errors. If there are recovery programs that find material on drives, then surely this material may (could) affect proper running. And maybe it is comulative after many re-formats.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

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Probably a better (and faster) approach is to remove the partitions, format,
and do a basic configuration install of Windows and core applications.
Ensure it's working properly, and then image the drive. When needed,
remove the partition and then restore the image.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

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Probably a better (and faster) approach is to remove the partitions, format,
and do a basic configuration install of Windows and core applications.
Ensure it's working properly, and then image the drive. When needed,
remove the partition and then restore the image.

HTH
-pk

In the past I have tried using Norton Ghost to transfer from one partition
to another but this is not too succesful as Booting up requires, initially, a
boot floppy. The problem. now that you confirmed that some junk still
remains after a re-format, that it is easier, and more comfortable to know I
have a clean drive. Of course this a personal whim and may not suit all.