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General Discussion Area / computer help
« on: 25 June 2008, 09:52:54 »
Right ..... after being passed from just about every piller & post Tesco has I've been offered a replacement for my daughter's Gateway lap top - there's problem with the charger making contact inside somewhere.
I know that when you 'delete' information from a hard drive the info is still actually there until it's written over the top of again, the computer is just told to ignore it, but what's the minimum I should do regarding deleting files - other than sticking a screw driver through the hard drive?!
:-/ :-/
Any help should be in a Janet & John reading level type way! (for the younger viewers that means, easy to understand!
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I know that when you 'delete' information from a hard drive the info is still actually there until it's written over the top of again, the computer is just told to ignore it, but what's the minimum I should do regarding deleting files - other than sticking a screw driver through the hard drive?!

Any help should be in a Janet & John reading level type way! (for the younger viewers that means, easy to understand!
