Best free hard drive and CPU cleaner

uncjeremy · 01-21-2008, 03:32 PM

What is the best free hard drive cleaner out there that is compatible with Win 98? My mom is giving her CPU to someone else and wants me to clean it up for her. What are the things I need to do?

**oddball2910** · 01-21-2008, 04:15 PM

giving away a CPU has no data on it, it merely processes the data. If you are looking for a hard drive cleaner, Boot and Nuke has a very good reputation and can be found here. http://dban.sourceforge.net/

**OldGrayGary** · 01-22-2008, 11:03 AM

Jeremy-- if your mom is giving away the PC to someone who expects Windows to be installed on it, if you erase the drive with Darik's Boot & Nuke, you will want to reinstall Windows onto the hard drive after using 'dban'. (Boot & Nuke completely erases all data on the drive). If her computer came with either a Windows installation CD, or a 'Recovery Disk' - you can use your choice of one of those.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

**oddball2910** · 01-22-2008, 12:01 PM

Wow, thanks Gary for adding that tidbit in. I entirely forgot

I hope that's what you're looking for uncjeremy.

01-21-2008, 03:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
uncjeremy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 OS: xp sp2	Best free hard drive and CPU cleaner What is the best free hard drive cleaner out there that is compatible with Win 98? My mom is giving her CPU to someone else and wants me to clean it up for her. What are the things I need to do?

01-21-2008, 04:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
oddball2910 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,108 OS: WinXP SP2 My System	Re: Best free hard drive and CPU cleaner giving away a CPU has no data on it, it merely processes the data. If you are looking for a hard drive cleaner, Boot and Nuke has a very good reputation and can be found here. http://dban.sourceforge.net/ __________________

01-22-2008, 11:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
OldGrayGary Mentor, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 2,240 OS: Windows 98se/2000/XP/Vista	Re: Best free hard drive and CPU cleaner Jeremy-- if your mom is giving away the PC to someone who expects Windows to be installed on it, if you erase the drive with Darik's Boot & Nuke, you will want to reinstall Windows onto the hard drive after using 'dban'. (Boot & Nuke completely erases all data on the drive). If her computer came with either a Windows installation CD, or a 'Recovery Disk' - you can use your choice of one of those. Best of luck . . . Gary __________________

01-22-2008, 12:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
oddball2910 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,108 OS: WinXP SP2 My System	Re: Best free hard drive and CPU cleaner Wow, thanks Gary for adding that tidbit in. I entirely forgot I hope that's what you're looking for uncjeremy. __________________