My computer is infected with adware and spyware. I tried to install Norton Anti-Virus on it to get rid of the virus, but then my whole computer screen turned red and had a huge quaranteen sign in the middle. It wouldn't let me install Norton and shut off. I beleive my computer is gone for good. But before I throw it away, how do I destroy my hardrive so others won't get my personal information from it? Oh! also, I had itunes on it when it crashed, can I placed the songs on my ipod back into itunes once I download it on my new computer?
How do I destroy my hard drive?panda
You might be able to install the old hard drive on a new computer and download any files safely, possibly even get the anti-virus program to work and clean the drive, but that risks infection to your new computer. You will need to change the jumper settings on the hard drive from master to slave, and install it as a D: drive on the new computer. Then find a free program that will completely destroy any information on the drive and run that. Download.com has several good ones. Then you can dispose of the hard drive safely. You might also be able to boot from the OS disc and get the computer running that way. Download.com has several good ones, if no new computer is available.
How do I destroy my hard drive?suzuki
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