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Silly question. I have a restoration CD that will allow me to put my notebook back to Factory Settings. There are two CD's, one is the OS (Win. XP) and the other is "Application and Driver Recovery DVD". If don't erase my hard drive and simply use these CD's to restore my noteback back to...

David, Yes, it is a laptop (HP but it's 5-6 years old). Is there a way to know for sure if it has a "restore to factory settings" utility after I use Dban? This would be the ideal solution! Thanks!

Also! If I use Dban, will I have the OS (XP Pro) still on the PC at least? It came preinstalled and I don't have any disc.

Thank you for sharing the info on Dban! This sounds like what I need! I was also looking at some other programs that would work like Eraser but actually work. I did a google search and found this http://www.squidoo.com/erase-computer-history So then I looked at the top 2 of the 4 programs in...

Thanks again David! Another question... If I remove programs (via Add/Remove Programs in XP Pro SP3) from my PC, is this as good as gone or is there another step I need to take with Eraser that will permanently delete these programs and the contents of them (i.e. Outlook - since there are so...

So it sounds like my two options at this point is to: 1. Reverse the compression feature. Do you have steps how to do this? How do I confirm this is in fact happening to every file I save? 2. Delete files in Windows, then run the "Unused Disk Space" erasure, right? So deleting files in...

NOPE - didn't work. Same dumb problem. Well, here goes my RANT! If Windows along with just about EVERYONE else knows that you can't erase data off your computer through a stupid, simple format of the hard drive, then WHY in the world wouldn't WINDOWS...not beta testers (who mean well but...

Thank you for your prompt reply David! I read through some of the info you linked, and the FAQ’s put me on the right track. So I ended up testing the method of using Windows Explorer and right clicked one folder to delete. It ran the task but “completed with errors”. So I opened the log...

I’m just trying to erase everything, everything off my old laptop before I hand it over to a friend. The laptop is running XP Pro (SP3) and when I open the program, I don’t see an option to erase everything. Here are the steps I took… 1.) Clicked on “Erase Schedule” 2.) Selected “New Task”...