No System Disk

[Emily]

Hi,

I want to get rid of an old laptop, and ordinarily I would run the system
disk to make sure all my deleted files are gone and can't be retrieved.
Unfortunately, I can't find my system disk. Any suggestions? I'm looking
for the quickest possible solution.

Thanks!

 

[John McGaw]

Hi,

I want to get rid of an old laptop, and ordinarily I would run the system
disk to make sure all my deleted files are gone and can't be retrieved.
Unfortunately, I can't find my system disk. Any suggestions? I'm looking
for the quickest possible solution.

Thanks!

Download Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN), put it on a floppy or CD, boot it on
the computer in question, let the program run (perhaps overnight if your
disk drive is large), and then confirm that it has completed its work.
After that you can get rid of the computer with confidence that nobody will
be reading your files.

http://www.dban.org/

John McGaw
http://johnmcgaw.com

 

[John]

Hi,

I want to get rid of an old laptop, and ordinarily I would run the system
disk to make sure all my deleted files are gone and can't be retrieved.
Unfortunately, I can't find my system disk. Any suggestions? I'm looking
for the quickest possible solution.

quickest solution is to use the following on your hard disk (or laptop):
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=561138

 

[smlunatick]

quickest solution is to use the following on your hard disk (or laptop):http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=561138

Getting rid of a PC may not mean "trashing" the system into a
recycling facility or the garbage. The OP may want to give it to
someone else or donate it to some organization, in working order.