On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:11:09 -0400, Andrew Fisk wrote: > Erasing a hard drive makes the computer considerably less useful to > the folks you are giving it to -- obviously you would have to > reinstall the OS and reinstall all the applications, and even then > all the things you have "fixed" during the time you have owned it > would be gone. -- I would be inclined to run it through a defrag a > couple of times, delete things like your mail database etc., > > I guess the other thing to think about is who is going to use it ... > if you are giving to your 14 year old nephew maybe you should just > format it! -- and give him an ubuntu installer disk :) -- if it is > going to your great aunt who wants to surf and do email she probably > won't do too much digging around your hard drive. > > Andy > Spitfire Computer Services > 441 Beaver Street > Suite 202 > Sewickley, PA 15143 > Phone (412) 749-0162 > Fax: (412) 749-0203 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.spitcomp.com > > On Oct 21, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Paul_B wrote: > >> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:23:32 +0000, Eileen Herbert wrote: >> >> >>> if I type a letter on Writer and then choose to discard it , does >>> the letter >>> still remain on my >>> hard drive ? I am planning on giving my computer to a relative and >>> need to >>> know if I should >>> have the hard drive erased . Thank You . Love Open Office >>> >> >> >> Any file saved to disk will only have its indexing removed when >> it is Deleted. That means its content can be restored with the >> right software, unless it's been overwritten out of existence. >> Defragging can sometimes overwright, but using an eraser program >> is a more failsafe way to go.
No need to lose data. "Erase" in this case refers to the overwriting process. *Eraser* is one program which does this, though I've heard reports of serious problems, and I had my own relatively minor problem with it, which now makes me leery. p. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
