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ibm x31....how do i erase harddrive gram 05-16-2008
Posted by gram on May 16, 2008, 2:31 pm
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hi...i have an ibm x31...i wann to back up everything to dvd and clean
hard drive.....the ibm have os on a hidden partition so i have no
recover disks.....how do i clean harddrive leaving the os on it...is
it easy,,,,,thanks

Posted by Don Phillipson on May 16, 2008, 7:23 pm
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> hi...i have an ibm x31...i wann to back up everything to dvd and clean
> hard drive.....the ibm have os on a hidden partition so i have no
> recover disks.....how do i clean harddrive leaving the os on it...is
> it easy

You cannot do this for WinXP. All you can do is uninstal the apps
you do not want, create new administer and user identities, etc.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)



Posted by Richard Carpenter on May 16, 2008, 9:50 pm
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> hi...i have an ibm x31...i wann to back up everything to dvd and clean
> hard drive.....the ibm have os on a hidden partition so i have no
> recover disks.....how do i clean harddrive leaving the os on it...is
> it easy,,,,,thanks

Once you have all your important data backed up, reboot and either watch for
the prompt to enter system restore mode (they may call it something
different) or hit the appropriate key or key combination to enter restore
mode. If the original OS setup is still present on a hidden partition, you
should be able to restore the system to the state it was in when you bought
it.

--
Richard Carpenter


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