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Old 17-10-2008, 05:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Help-how can i wipe the disc and keep my files at the same time
Please help i think i need to wipe disc but i don't want to lose my files


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Old 17-10-2008, 05:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Re: Help-how can i wipe the disc and keep my files at the same time
You can't. The purpose of wiping a disk is to ensure all data is not recoverable. Perhaps is you told us what your problem is, we can help.
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You can backup your files to USB Flash drive using a Linux live cd before you wipe your hardrive. Here is how you do it.

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Or you could use a partition manager and make a new partition and transfer all you files over then reformat the windows partition.

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Re: Help-how can i wipe the disc and keep my files at the same time
Thanks everyone,it's just that i have a lot of files and programmes so i was kinda hoping a complete wipe was a last resort


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