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So I have sold my PC and wanted to wipe the HDD clean in such that recovery tools would not recover my data if the buyer decided to try:ohno:. I decided to choose DBAN as my nuking tool:noise: I did not realize that DBAN would completely wipe the OS as well :hide: I was told to just download a...

I just got a new (used) laptop. Most times I dont buy used, but too good of a deal to pass. Hp DV7-4263cl. 2 gig triple core, 650 gig sata, 8 gig ddr3, 17.3 HD screen, etc. I'm only in it for $200, so I couldn't pass on it. It has windows 7 home on it and I wanted to wipe it, and go to windows...

I have a Dell OptiPlex 210LN desktop. I try to format my hard drive but getting blue screen every time. For this i do the wipe out from "DBAN" tool, but after wipe out i don't get success. i attach bsod images that appear during xp installation time.

Read some threads trying to find my solution ... and I'm sure it's here so sorry for probably asking a redundant question, but all I've discovered is that this site is way way over my head. I was able to reinstall Win7 Ultimate on my Dell laptop, Precision M6300 from a WIN7 disc I made...

Hello I have been reading about erasing my hard drive as I have to exchange my PC with a company. If it is not asking too much, could someone outline how to do this? All the tutorials seem to assume the program is ready to go. I think I am supposed to download to my desktop the particular...

I am working on my sons laptop he wanted me to clean his hard drive and reinstall windows7 I have 2 applications that will clean his hard drive dban and killdisk both have to be started in the boot up process, but they wont start because the laptop goes straight to the windows logo then desktop...

So recently I've obtained a Free laptop from my uncle because he upgraded to a new one. He gave it to me be and said it has been crashed for 3 months. Of course I didn't believe him since I'm the computer Wiz not him. Anyways, I booted it up to Windows 7 and after 2 days it started doing...

Well Well, Let me explain my experience of Disk Management in Windows 7! To start off I ordered a brand new hard drive, installed it into my pc. I booted up win7 "at the time with the current hard drive I was using for win7" , at first windows 7 recognized the new drive but asking for "Win7" to...