Re: DBAN

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: DBAN
Date	2015-12-02 16:35 +1100
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"jonz" <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:c46f9903-0e6d-43c1-9bca-c5747004e8f5@googlegroups.com...
> On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 08:37:48 UTC+11, felix_unger  wrote:
>> On 01-December-2015 7:25 PM, jonz wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 18:30:11 UTC+11, felix_unger  wrote:
>> >> On 01-December-2015 2:50 PM, jonz wrote:
>> >>> Hi all, anyone with experience using "Dariks burn and nuke"....Trying 
>> >>> to get rid of XP (finally) to install 8.1. All the methods ive found 
>> >>> and tried so far have got me nowhere. :(... Thanks for any advice.
>> >> looks like you will have to erase (format) the hard drive after taking
>> >> off all the files you want to keep..
>> >>
>> >> "To upgrade to Windows 8.1 from Windows Vista or Windows XP, you'll 
>> >> need
>> >> to install it from a Windows 8.1 DVD and perform a clean installation.
>> >> This means you won't be able to keep any files, settings, or programs
>> >> when you upgrade."
>> >>
>> >> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/upgrade-from-windows-vista-xp-tutorial
>> >>
>> >> otherwise you might find something here..
>> >>
>> >> https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=install%20windows%208.1%20on%20xp%20computer
>> > ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
>> > Tried all those, i `spose my Q really is, is Dban going to fuck 
>> > anything up?.
>>
>> dunno, never used it
>>
>> > Think i`ll just go with it....(Days of Dos were much simpler times).
>>
>> so why not just boot into dos at startup and use Fdisk to delete the
>> partition? but in any case the windoze8 disk will format the drive for 
>> you.
> ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
>  No, to both of those..

You are just plain wrong with the second one.

> Believe me ive tried...

But are so stupid that you can't even manage the most basic stuff.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/clean-install

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DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 19:50 -0800
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    Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 22:43 -0800
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    Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 00:25 -0800
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        Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 19:01 -0800
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        Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 22:07 -0800
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      Re: DBAN "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-12-02 14:30 +0800
        Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 01:11 -0800
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              Re: DBAN felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-12-03 10:16 +1100
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                Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 16:25 -0800
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                Re: DBAN felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-12-03 14:47 +1100
            Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 22:58 -0800
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                Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 00:38 -0800
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              Re: DBAN Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-12-04 17:49 +0800
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                Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 19:34 -0800
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          Re: DBAN felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-12-03 10:18 +1100
  Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 16:57 -0800
    Re: DBAN Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2015-12-04 12:37 +1100
      Re: DBAN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 14:16 +1100
        Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 20:00 -0800
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        Re: DBAN Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2015-12-04 15:04 +1100
          Re: DBAN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 16:12 +1100
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