Reformatting the C drive.

[Trumpton]

Prof wrote:

> Nothing short of melting the fucker down will guarantee
> complete eradication.

Bugger!!

I was speaking to a so-called computer "expert" today and he suggested running a powerful magnet over the C drive in order to jumble up all the data on the drive. By doing this he reckoned that it was as good as wiping the drive clean. !confused!

[Sam Slater]

Yeah I thought of a big magnet too, but I don't think it's guaranteed to work. If it was that easy, I'm sure banks would issue this to their customers as their insurance would be cheaper!

If you're that worried about people retrieving bank details and stuff, just ask for a new card. That way, info you may have had on the hard drive will be your old cards info and not much use.

[Trumpton]

Prof wrote:

> Yeah I thought of a big magnet too, but I don't think it's
> guaranteed to work.

But better than owt a?

> If you're that worried about people retrieving bank details and
> stuff, just ask for a new card. That way, info you may have had
> on the hard drive will be your old cards info and not much use.

I've already been issued with a new bank card and new a credit card too.
!happy!

[Sam Slater]

You should be ok on that front then.

[Trumpton]

Ta Prof. !thumbsup!

I've got a couple of new techie questions to ask but I'll put 'em on another thread.