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From: "Smokechez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Duo/2400 List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 5:17 PM
Subject: [Duo2400] Any way to format Duo 230 hard drive without dock?


> I am looking to sell my Duo 230 (no, this is not an ad, I have a buyer :),
> but before I go through with the transaction, I want to wipe my hard drive
> clean. I had previously stored confidential information on the machine,
and
> I want to make sure that it is unrecoverable. The machine came
preinstalled
> with Mac OS, and I had done all my file transfers through simple AppleTalk
> file sharing, so I never needed a dock or floppy drive. Now, I can't seem
to
> figure out any way to reformat the hard drive. So, is there any way to do
> this, or is there at least some free/shareware program that will make
> recently deleted files unrecoverable? Thanks!


I'd guess you could make a RAM disk, copy a bare-bones system, boot off it,
then format the Harddrive. As soon as it's shut down, the RAM disk is gone
and you'd have a completely clean system.

Just better hope your buyer has a dock or at least the floppy adapter :)

Scott Holder



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