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    Eelarch Posts: 116, Reputation: 3
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    Sep 7, 2010, 08:53 AM
    I cant format my hardrive
    Okay I downloaded DBAN and burnt it into disk, inserted it into slot and selected run from disk and itr didn't do anything, I burnt two cds and I made sure DBAN was on both of them
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    Sep 7, 2010, 08:57 AM
    You need to BOOT from the disc for it to work.
    You can't format while the OS is running.
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    Sep 7, 2010, 10:49 AM

    Yeah I selected the boot from disk option, however when it is meant to say "press any key to continue" it just skipped straight to the windows loading page. It's a pre built computer so Microsoft may have put on defense stuff on it so people can't remove their junk.
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