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Traditional_Ale · 04-03-2008, 11:05 PM

I would suggest checking your windows features to see if the possibility of burning your recovery media is available. Then once a disc copy is secured, destroy all partitions with some kind of killdisk, resetting all sectors on the HD to "0". When you reinstall Windows 2000, XP, or Vista, you will format NTFS.

It is often found under System Tools in the Accessories menu, if not as its own tree called something along the lines of "Recovery...."

See how much manufacturers crap pops up. Seems to be that if you cannot remove it with Add/Remove Programs (in XP), or Programs & Features (in Vista), that finding it in the Program Files and deleting it doesn't compromise any system integrity.

Cheers!

04-03-2008, 11:05 PM	#3
Traditional_Ale Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: CGY Exp:	I would suggest checking your windows features to see if the possibility of burning your recovery media is available. Then once a disc copy is secured, destroy all partitions with some kind of killdisk, resetting all sectors on the HD to "0". When you reinstall Windows 2000, XP, or Vista, you will format NTFS. It is often found under System Tools in the Accessories menu, if not as its own tree called something along the lines of "Recovery...." See how much manufacturers crap pops up. Seems to be that if you cannot remove it with Add/Remove Programs (in XP), or Programs & Features (in Vista), that finding it in the Program Files and deleting it doesn't compromise any system integrity. Cheers! __________________ So far, this is the oldest I've been.