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Old 05-01-2003, 01:02 AM   #31 (permalink)
txd
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Re: Re: How do you really clean your c drive????

Quote:
Originally posted by KillerYoda
I wanted to completely erase any evidence of me ever using Windows ME.
Doing the following

1) install win98
2) format hdd
3) install freebsd
4) format hdd
5) format hdd

I have been able to recover files from the win98 install (and the freeBSD one).

So the moral of the story is, don't rely on format to securely delete files off a hdd.
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