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Old PC for sale or scrap - how to remove drive/personal info safely?

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  • horace_2
    horace_2 Posts: 636 Forumite
    REF re-installing Windows after running DBAN.

    I have a disk entitled
    "System Driver/ Software Library and Factory reset. This CD is for backup use only".

    Will this disk reinstall Windows XP?

    h
  • TakeThis
    TakeThis Posts: 2,909 Forumite
    horace wrote: »
    REF re-installing Windows after running DBAN.

    I have a disk entitled
    "System Driver/ Software Library and Factory reset. This CD is for backup use only".

    Will this disk reinstall Windows XP?

    h

    Machine make and model?
  • horace_2
    horace_2 Posts: 636 Forumite
    Make Tiny, unable to find model but have found serial no PW137401.

    h
  • TakeThis
    TakeThis Posts: 2,909 Forumite
    horace wrote: »
    Make Tiny, unable to find model but have found serial no PW137401.

    h

    Is the machine working currently? In other words, are you able to get into Windows?

    System Driver/Software Library and Factory Reset Version XP 1.1?

    Perhaps there is a restore partition on the machine?
  • horace_2
    horace_2 Posts: 636 Forumite
    Yes machine is working reset version XP1.0

    CD number 9054501
  • horace_2
    horace_2 Posts: 636 Forumite
    Yes machine is working reset version XP1.0
    not sure of restore partition
    CD number 9054501
  • TakeThis
    TakeThis Posts: 2,909 Forumite
    horace wrote: »
    Yes machine is working reset version XP1.0
    not sure of restore partition
    CD number 9054501


    Reset partition is via restart and pressing F8 on startup.

    You have a private message.
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