Dell Dimension 2300 PC Desktop "dban" Questions

...hard drive; there are many "Disk Wipe" utilities out there. I'd suggest using a boot disk such as DBAN

...more information if you really want to get rid of everything in your computer use this http://www.dban.org/ but becareful once you use it it will delete

...called D-ban to do this on my computer. It was free and I found it on the internet at http://www.dban.org/ Now that your hardrive is clean and you saved the stuff you wanted to keep, just reload ...

erase hard drive DBan - Darik's Boot & Nuke (wipes data off hard disks) http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/dban/dban-2.2.6/dban-2.2.6_i586.iso/download

...operating system load and follow on screen instructions. you are done. ...

...back on the hard disk then use this program - Wipe Data off Hard Disk with Darik’s Boot and Nuke, (DBAN) Create a Darik’s Boot and Nuke on CD disc, then boot up the computer with this disc. ...

...and don't want to re-install Windows then - Wipe Data off Hard Disk with Darik's Boot and Nuke, (DBAN) Create a Darik's Boot and Nuke on CD disc, then boot up the computer with this disc. ...

do NOT choose "repair old installation";; choose "delete active partition") 2) Get a copy (free) of DBAN (Darin's Boot and Nuke; www.dban.org or download it from www.download.com). Burn it to a CD and

...installed then you can use this program. Wipe Data off Hard Disk with Darik's Boot and Nuke, (DBAN) Create a Darik's Boot and Nuke on CD disc, then boot up the computer with this disc. ...

I want to run a Dban disk, but nothing I select from the BIOS menu actually boots the computer from the DVD drive containing the disk. I have an ancient Gateway 838GM with Windows xp How do I, step-by