How to Uninstall Windows 3.11 from an old 486 ?
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Can anyone tell me how to do this , or point me to a site that has info
on this ?
I haven't used 3.11 in years...my work has a bunch of old 486's that
we're giving to a school, but we need to wipe the hard drives etc.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
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Stephan Grossklass [ Großklaß ]
>
> Can anyone tell me how to do this , or point me to a site that has info
> on this ?
Very simple: Delete the Windows directory. If there are some entries
pointing to the Win dir left in config.sys or autoexec.bat, delete those
lines or make them refer to the corresponding files in the DOS
directory.
Stephan
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P3-500, 128MB, 8+8+19GB HDD; MS-DOS 6.22, WfW 3.11, Calmira II 3.1b3
ez...@mailbox.bellatlantic.net
you want to totally remove everything from the drives. Just go into dos
and type c:\format c:\u That should do it. And you can remove everything
and I mean everything. If you want to keep the command then type c:\format
c:/s and that should keep your boot.
EZoto
data...@my-deja.com wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> Can anyone tell me how to do this , or point me to a site that has info
> on this ?
>
Artur Yelchishchev
>I haven't used 3.11 in years...my work has a bunch of old 486's that
>we're giving to a school, but we need to wipe the hard drives etc.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Dave,
Do you want to delete just Windows, or to actually wipe the hard
drive? They're different tasks, and first requires just deleting
c:\windows\ tree, second - formatting with "format c:" command.
If you need assistance with DOS commands, we'll help you!
Regards,
Artur.
Artur Yelchishchev
wrote:
>You said to wipe the drives so that is very general. So I'm guessing that
>you want to totally remove everything from the drives. Just go into dos
>and type c:\format c:\u That should do it. And you can remove everything
>and I mean everything. If you want to keep the command then type c:\format
>c:/s and that should keep your boot.
General idea is correct, but particular implementation isn't! :-)
Your command syntax is wrong.
Regards,
Artur.
Philo
bootable is;
format C: /s
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EZoto
Rick Davis
Hi group,
Generally speaking the above suggestion will be fine -
except if you have any sensitive info on the drive
in that case, certain software such as in Norton Utilities,
I think it's WIPE.(something) can write zeros in sequence
to every byte for one or more passes
which can make any files very hard to recover.
Simple formatting replaces the first letter in file names
with a sigma (sorry, my - I suppose it could do greek letters)
which DOS interprets as an available cluster for storage.
When you use UNDELETE, it allows you to replace that sigma
with another letter.
hope this helps
rick davis
Rick Davis
"Philo" <ph...@plazaearth.com> wrote:
> the actual command for *totally erasing* the drive yet still leaving
it
> bootable is;
>
> format C: /s
>
>
Hi group,
Sorry, I forgot to mention in my last missive
files can even be recovered after an FDISK event-
There is a growing industry that can accomplish
this task - for a fee.
- if the drive in question has more than one partition
and you do not wish to pass on programs, files
or data to the next users use FDISK and follow
the directions to delete all partitions after you
overwrite all files with zeros in each partition.
just my $.50 addendum
JunkMan
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