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Re: DBAN

From felix_unger <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: DBAN
Date 2015-12-02 08:37 +1100
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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.

> Thxs for yer input.
>> HTH
>>
>>


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  Re: DBAN jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 16:57 -0800
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          Re: DBAN Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 16:12 +1100
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