nikolino840
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Format c: dosen't work anymore
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How to delete stuff on PC
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triplestation
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Fuckin just delete that shit
triplestation
Member
Elektro Demon
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OP is offline, so I'm guessing he's in jail by now.
If a girl in a porn downloaded from shady dark web sites doesn't look like she's 18, then she probably isn't.
Lesson here kids, don't download porn from shady websites.
If a girl in a porn downloaded from shady dark web sites doesn't look like she's 18, then she probably isn't.
Lesson here kids, don't download porn from shady websites.
nikolino840
Member
Oh c'mon Is the old PC of my parents but lots of malware and trojans and hot stuff too..but they want to give the PC to my 11 years old cousin and they asked to me to clean the PC
Elektro Demon
Banned
You can't clean it, that's not effective in reality.
What you need to do is to put a fresh windows on it.
Download Rufus
https://rufus.ie/
Download windows 10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/
You need a usb stick drive, 8 gb minimum.
Use rufus to make a bootable usb drive with that iso file you downloaded from Microsoft.
After it's done, go into bios and boot from that usb drive and proceed with the installation.
Format the whole hard drive(s), install windows, put some drivers or use the default ones that windows provides, although I don't reccomend this.
That's pretty much it.
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nikolino840
Member
There was w7 .. so...OEM license dosen't work .... I bought w7.... 23€
Downloaded Rufus... then i try the install trough the BIOS....Is f7 ?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Do you not know how to clean install Windows on it?
Chairman Tickles
Banned
Just put in a small SSD and give it a fresh copy of windows. Stop trying to reuse old mechanical drives.
nush
Member
You found your parents home made porn then?
nikolino840
Member
Ahah they are big enough and i am big enough to understand the life in a couple
Never saw but i know
Is for that that Is Better a full clean and not Just delete the files and web chron.
The Cockatrice
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Elektro Demon
Banned
On my mobo it's f12 to access the boot selection.
But if you have older hardware it might not have that. If it doesn't have an option to select from where you wanna boot from then you'll have to do it the old fashion way.
By re arranging booting devices in bios. If it's a really old school mobo you might have to install it with a dvd drive. But I'm guessing it's not that old.
http://www.boot-disk.com/boot_priority.htm
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nikolino840
Member
Done! I don't know if i have done in a perfect way!
nikolino840
Member
I don't know...but as i said Is Just a family PC for a kid...
Have 2gb of RAM i don't even know if can run w10
IzukuMidoriya
Member
Delete System32.
nikolino840
Member
But seriously why can't format using Simply format c: ?
And fuck OEM license...Is still Windows...... I'm not surprised that Microsoft Is a billion dollar Company
And fuck OEM license...Is still Windows...... I'm not surprised that Microsoft Is a billion dollar Company
Elektro Demon
Banned
You can't format C (windows) while you're in windows.
It makes sense, Nikola.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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can a old pc even run w10?
MetalAlien
Banned
Nothing works better than fire!
The Cockatrice
Member
What about lava?
Gp1
Member
you dont even need rufus just the windows media create tool.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
You can neglect to activate the Windows 10 license and it'll still work just fine.
Did you not get this solved yet? Google how to install Windows 10 fresh from USB and you'll be fine.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Elektro Demon
Banned
Gp1
Member
I use to disconnect the hdd and do the entire process with WintoHDD on another pc. That way, you don't even have to hassle with bootable pendrive, bios, usb slow ass transfer etc.
Just open the program, select the ISO and job's done 5 min later.
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AnotherOne
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Too late it's all uploaded to the cloud, deleting it now won't do nothing.
Shizumapower
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WhiskeyDiver
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Edit: Hindsight kicked in. That was just too much.
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nikolino840
Member
Is It true that Police can find deleted files like in the movies?
Do you think that even deleting softwares don't erase all on purpose for the Police?
Do you think that even deleting softwares don't erase all on purpose for the Police?
GamingKaiju
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When you delete stuff of your computer all you are doing is making the location of that item on the HDD platter disappear but it still exists that’s how police and some software are able to retrieve it.
There only 2 ways to permanently delete stuff is to either destroy the HDD or write over the data on the platter.
In the old days the bios had a low level format option that would read/write/delete across the entire platter to permanently delete any data on the HDD but mobo manufacturers don’t put it in there now. The process could also take a day to complete and would reveal bad sectors on the HDD.
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TheContact
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Cmd
Diskpart
List disk
Select disc X
Clean
Clean
Clean
Do it from a bootable USB of your OS
PanzerAzel
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So once something’s on your system, it’s pretty much on there permanently until you install an entirely new HDD? What if the OS has been reinstalled numerous times? Or what about using something like file shredder?
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Hari Seldon
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It is on there unless it was overwritten by another bit. When you delete something it just deletes the link to the file, freeing the space for use for another file, but there is no guarantee that the OS will use that same exact space again anytime soon. There are utilities that will will write over every single bit of an HDD numerous times to ensure that nothing can be recovered.
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GamingKaiju
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The data only exists until that part of the platter is over written with new data. Reinstalling a new OS will only permanently delete the data which is written onto that part of the HDD platter where the os is installed.
So if you have data on sectors 1024-2024 that you need to destroy permanently you would have to fill up the HDD until that part of the platter has been over written with new data.
deleting a folder in windows only removes the location of where that data is held on the HDD platter.
Software like file shredder would find the location of where the data is on the platter then write over that part then remove it again which would permanently delete all data on that part of the platter making it unrecoverable.
Reputable computer recycling firms use a special machine that constantly writes onto customers HDD many times over to remove all the data from the drive or they use a hydraulic press to crush the platter.
Schrödinger's cat
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Eraser – Secure Erase Files from Hard Drives
eraser.heidi.ie