How to wipe hard drive in XP

To wipe a hard drive so that there is NO data left over, I
suggest Acronis Drive Cleanser. You can pick one of 7 data
destruction methods, ranging from a fast wipe (not terribly
secure) to a 35X wipe (the U.S. Govt. DoD spec if 3 wipes
and a read -- it does that too.) Check it out at www.
acronis.com.

miles

>-----Original Message-----
>Does anyone know how to get around the message that the C
>drive is in use when you try to format it in the dos
>prompt? We want to wipe an old computer, remove XP and
>reinstall Win98. All I need to know is how to format the
>C drive. Any help would be appreciated!!
>
>Cindy
>.
>

[Tech73]

I'm just curious but why have you been posting questions to different groups
and then later answering them yourself as if you are a different person? I
have noticed you have been doing this a few days ago but decided not to
mention it at the time. You usually change your name though; I guess you
forgot to this time.

> wrote in message
...
> To wipe a hard drive so that there is NO data left over, I
> suggest Acronis Drive Cleanser. You can pick one of 7 data
> destruction methods, ranging from a fast wipe (not terribly
> secure) to a 35X wipe (the U.S. Govt. DoD spec if 3 wipes
> and a read -- it does that too.) Check it out at www.
> acronis.com.
>
> miles
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Does anyone know how to get around the message that the C
> >drive is in use when you try to format it in the dos
> >prompt? We want to wipe an old computer, remove XP and
> >reinstall Win98. All I need to know is how to format the
> >C drive. Any help would be appreciated!!
> >
> >Cindy
> >.
> >

[Michael Stevens]

Tech73 wrote:
> I'm just curious but why have you been posting questions to different
> groups and then later answering them yourself as if you are a
> different person? I have noticed you have been doing this a few days
> ago but decided not to mention it at the time. You usually change
> your name though; I guess you forgot to this time.

You are getting confused by the way the updated web based CDO format now
displays the same anonymous @ discussions.microsoft.com for all posters not
supplying a name or electing to not display a email address. The OP was from
"Cindy", and you have accused "miles" of answering in his alternate
crossgender alias. LOL The MS CDO web based format is a disaster and is one
of the reasons you see multiple posts of the same question over and over in
the MS newsgroups.
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

http://michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
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> > wrote in message
> ...
>> To wipe a hard drive so that there is NO data left over, I
>> suggest Acronis Drive Cleanser. You can pick one of 7 data
>> destruction methods, ranging from a fast wipe (not terribly
>> secure) to a 35X wipe (the U.S. Govt. DoD spec if 3 wipes
>> and a read -- it does that too.) Check it out at www.
>> acronis.com.
>>
>> miles
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Does anyone know how to get around the message that the C
>>> drive is in use when you try to format it in the dos
>>> prompt? We want to wipe an old computer, remove XP and
>>> reinstall Win98. All I need to know is how to format the
>>> C drive. Any help would be appreciated!!
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>> .

[Tech73]

Oops, I'm sorry miles. That is confusing!

"Michael Stevens" > wrote in message
...
> Tech73 wrote:
> > I'm just curious but why have you been posting questions to different
> > groups and then later answering them yourself as if you are a
> > different person? I have noticed you have been doing this a few days
> > ago but decided not to mention it at the time. You usually change
> > your name though; I guess you forgot to this time.
>
> You are getting confused by the way the updated web based CDO format now
> displays the same anonymous @ discussions.microsoft.com for all posters
not
> supplying a name or electing to not display a email address. The OP was
from
> "Cindy", and you have accused "miles" of answering in his alternate
> crossgender alias. LOL The MS CDO web based format is a disaster and is
one
> of the reasons you see multiple posts of the same question over and over
in
> the MS newsgroups.
> --
>
> Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
>
> http://michaelstevenstech.com
> For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
> > > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> To wipe a hard drive so that there is NO data left over, I
> >> suggest Acronis Drive Cleanser. You can pick one of 7 data
> >> destruction methods, ranging from a fast wipe (not terribly
> >> secure) to a 35X wipe (the U.S. Govt. DoD spec if 3 wipes
> >> and a read -- it does that too.) Check it out at www.
> >> acronis.com.
> >>
> >> miles
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> Does anyone know how to get around the message that the C
> >>> drive is in use when you try to format it in the dos
> >>> prompt? We want to wipe an old computer, remove XP and
> >>> reinstall Win98. All I need to know is how to format the
> >>> C drive. Any help would be appreciated!!
> >>>
> >>> Cindy
> >>> .
>
>
>

Sorry... not me. This is the first and only time I've
posted a question! I'd love it if I could answer this one
myself... it's making me crazy!! Must be some other Cindy.

Cindy of Michigan
>-----Original Message-----
>I'm just curious but why have you been posting questions
to different groups
>and then later answering them yourself as if you are a
different person? I
>have noticed you have been doing this a few days ago but
decided not to
>mention it at the time. You usually change your name
though; I guess you
>forgot to this time.
>
> wrote in message
...
>> To wipe a hard drive so that there is NO data left
over, I
>> suggest Acronis Drive Cleanser. You can pick one of 7
data
>> destruction methods, ranging from a fast wipe (not
terribly
>> secure) to a 35X wipe (the U.S. Govt. DoD spec if 3
wipes
>> and a read -- it does that too.) Check it out at www.
>> acronis.com.
>>
>> miles
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Does anyone know how to get around the message that
the C
>> >drive is in use when you try to format it in the dos
>> >prompt? We want to wipe an old computer, remove XP and
>> >reinstall Win98. All I need to know is how to format
the
>> >C drive. Any help would be appreciated!!
>> >
>> >Cindy
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>