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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
Any new software been released as of late to do it better or faster?
I've gotta clean one of my babies, she's deathly ill.
Also, is there a tool to copy the needed drivers so I don't have to hunt them down again? Webcam, scanner, printer and shit like that?
Thanks.
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are you interested in forensically destroying the data? and how badly do you need it to be completely gone? If you need it really gone - download any wipe software (doesn't really matter which) - hook the drive up as a slave in another PC -run the wipe - fill the harddrive completely with huge files - delete the files - repeat 7 times - run the wipe program again - repeat all this as many times as your patience and time can tolerate - reinstall windows.
or (assuming a Windows system) just do what supzdotcom said - that works perfectly (barring a pressing need to make 'bad data' go poof)
above all don't forget your backup first!!!!! <----
the real question here is the drivers - only way to do this is to ID your hardware first and download the drivers before you start - you cant get a 'backup' of these from the existing system like that.
control panel/system manegement tool can tell you what drivers you should look for
good luck
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