Ref: Donating old PC

[EAA Docent]

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.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

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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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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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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.

 

[EAA Docent]

Thank You Mark,

I got the old PC woring like new. Ready to be donated.

 

[EAA Docent]

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