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> wiping it all clean
ltdave
post Nov 14 2008, 02:55 PM
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my buddy used to maintain my system for me but ive lost touch with him as hes working in a different location (traveling work) and hes often gone for some time...

he would load some program that overwrites the hard drive with "0"s and "1"s a couple of times. it is a more thorough cleaning than just deleting programs and files before reloading the OS. does anyone know of which program he would use? i want to give my daughter my desktop since she is getting older and in need of a computer for school work. ill just use my laptop. id like to get all of my documents off, clean it really good and give her a fresh uncluttered install of XPpro so i dont have to try and correct issues caused by my old possibly corrupted files...

also, where might i find a full copy of XPpro and Office (NOT windows office 2007 or later but the 2003 edition)?

thanks. you guys and gals always have the answers...
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