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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 698717" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>There is absolutely no way to clean a hard drive of data and save an existing operating system.</p><p>You have to do one of three things </p><p></p><p>1. Overwrite with the operating system is an option but the data prior to overwriting is ghosted and can still be recovered. It is an option but you are taking a chance.</p><p></p><p>2. A program like <u>wipe drive</u> by white canyon is amazing. It will clean your hard drive to factory new and wipe any data to make it completely un recoverable. I use this program alot. Then i will re install the operating system on a cleaned drive. works great</p><p></p><p>3. the only other option other than wipe drive or another software like this is a hammer and smash the drive to several pieces.</p><p></p><p>These are your options.</p><p></p><p>If you have a laptop and did not get an operating system with it, check your computer...my computer...and look and see if there is a partian with another drive like D:. It will contain the operating system and you can make a recovery disc. If your computer is infected with spyware, mal ware, or a virus, you risk adding the potential problem to your recovery disc. You can also contact the manufacture of the computer...ie del, HP to get a recovery disc to reinstall the operating system to the computer.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 698717, member: 6198"] There is absolutely no way to clean a hard drive of data and save an existing operating system. You have to do one of three things 1. Overwrite with the operating system is an option but the data prior to overwriting is ghosted and can still be recovered. It is an option but you are taking a chance. 2. A program like [u]wipe drive[/u] by white canyon is amazing. It will clean your hard drive to factory new and wipe any data to make it completely un recoverable. I use this program alot. Then i will re install the operating system on a cleaned drive. works great 3. the only other option other than wipe drive or another software like this is a hammer and smash the drive to several pieces. These are your options. If you have a laptop and did not get an operating system with it, check your computer...my computer...and look and see if there is a partian with another drive like D:. It will contain the operating system and you can make a recovery disc. If your computer is infected with spyware, mal ware, or a virus, you risk adding the potential problem to your recovery disc. You can also contact the manufacture of the computer...ie del, HP to get a recovery disc to reinstall the operating system to the computer. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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