Ref: Donating old PC

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Hi folks !

I got to wipeing the hard drive with dban. This is the exact message I get
when it is finished.
Dban succeeded.
All selected disk have been wiped.
Remove the Dban boot media and power off.

Saving log file to floppy disk saved/floppy/dbanlog/dban.0004.tyz.
Dban finished. Press enter to save the log file.

When I do that it says insert boot disk. It goes no futher.
So I ran Dban on autonuke, got the above message when it finished (2 HR).
With out powering off I put in a blank floppy and hit enter.
Then I got the following, dbanlog/dban0003.tyz.
Then it said hit enter again. I did this and got up to 0114.tyz.

I got tired of hitting enter, so I removed the floppy.
I put in the recovery CD that came with the PC. I then got a message that
says "out of memory"

What am I not doing right? This is driving me nuts. I am retired so I got
the time to play around. I don't want to put any money into the old PC (8yrs
old).

I want to install the OS "Windows ME", Office 2000 and the drivers for the
printer, scanner and CD burner.
 
Go to http://bootdisk.com for an ME boot floppy. Boot and put in the ME
install CD, run setup. You will probably need to run FDisk to remove the old
partitions and create a Fat32 formatted drive.
How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a
Hard Disk: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255867
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Mark L. Ferguson
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You now have a hard drive that is completely blank
with no partitions or file system. You'll need to
create a new partition and format that partition
before using the recovery CD (Windows ME?).

How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255867

Download a boot disk from here:
http://bootdisk.com/

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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Hi folks !

I got to wipeing the hard drive with dban. This is the exact message I get
when it is finished.
Dban succeeded.
All selected disk have been wiped.
Remove the Dban boot media and power off.

Saving log file to floppy disk saved/floppy/dbanlog/dban.0004.tyz.
Dban finished. Press enter to save the log file.

When I do that it says insert boot disk. It goes no futher.
So I ran Dban on autonuke, got the above message when it finished (2 HR).
With out powering off I put in a blank floppy and hit enter.
Then I got the following, dbanlog/dban0003.tyz.
Then it said hit enter again. I did this and got up to 0114.tyz.

I got tired of hitting enter, so I removed the floppy.
I put in the recovery CD that came with the PC. I then got a message that
says "out of memory"

What am I not doing right? This is driving me nuts. I am retired so I got
the time to play around. I don't want to put any money into the old PC (8yrs
old).

I want to install the OS "Windows ME", Office 2000 and the drivers for the
printer, scanner and CD burner.
 
Carey,
Thank You very much.
The old pc is running like new. I re-installed the OS and a couple of other
programs for the womens shelter.

Again Thank You :)
 
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