Ref: Donating old PC

Hi folks !

I got to wipeing the hard drive with dban. This is the exact message I get
when it is finished.
Dban succeeded.
All selected disk have been wiped.
Remove the Dban boot media and power off.

Saving log file to floppy disk saved/floppy/dbanlog/dban.0004.tyz.
Dban finished. Press enter to save the log file.

When I do that it says insert boot disk. It goes no futher.
So I ran Dban on autonuke, got the above message when it finished (2 HR).
With out powering off I put in a blank floppy and hit enter.
Then I got the following, dbanlog/dban0003.tyz.
Then it said hit enter again. I did this and got up to 0114.tyz.

I got tired of hitting enter, so I removed the floppy.
I put in the recovery CD that came with the PC. I then got a message that
says "out of memory"

What am I not doing right? This is driving me nuts. I am retired so I got
the time to play around. I don't want to put any money into the old PC (8yrs
old).

I want to install the OS "Windows ME", Office 2000 and the drivers for the
printer, scanner and CD burner.

--
Ron

Go to http://bootdisk.com for an ME boot floppy. Boot and put in the ME
install CD, run setup. You will probably need to run FDisk to remove the old
partitions and create a Fat32 formatted drive.
How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a
Hard Disk: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;255867
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"EAA Docent" <> wrote in message
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> Hi folks !
>
> I got to wipeing the hard drive with dban. This is the exact message I
> get
> when it is finished.
> Dban succeeded.
> All selected disk have been wiped.
> Remove the Dban boot media and power off.
>
> Saving log file to floppy disk saved/floppy/dbanlog/dban.0004.tyz.
> Dban finished. Press enter to save the log file.
>
> When I do that it says insert boot disk. It goes no futher.
> So I ran Dban on autonuke, got the above message when it finished (2 HR).
> With out powering off I put in a blank floppy and hit enter.
> Then I got the following, dbanlog/dban0003.tyz.
> Then it said hit enter again. I did this and got up to 0114.tyz.
>
> I got tired of hitting enter, so I removed the floppy.
> I put in the recovery CD that came with the PC. I then got a message that
> says "out of memory"
>
> What am I not doing right? This is driving me nuts. I am retired so I
> got
> the time to play around. I don't want to put any money into the old PC
> (8yrs
> old).
>
> I want to install the OS "Windows ME", Office 2000 and the drivers for the
> printer, scanner and CD burner.
>
> --
> Ron

You now have a hard drive that is completely blank
with no partitions or file system. You'll need to
create a new partition and format that partition
before using the recovery CD (Windows ME?).

How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255867

Download a boot disk from here:
http://bootdisk.com/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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"EAA Docent" wrote:

Hi folks !

I got to wipeing the hard drive with dban. This is the exact message I get
when it is finished.
Dban succeeded.
All selected disk have been wiped.
Remove the Dban boot media and power off.

Saving log file to floppy disk saved/floppy/dbanlog/dban.0004.tyz.
Dban finished. Press enter to save the log file.

When I do that it says insert boot disk. It goes no futher.
So I ran Dban on autonuke, got the above message when it finished (2 HR).
With out powering off I put in a blank floppy and hit enter.
Then I got the following, dbanlog/dban0003.tyz.
Then it said hit enter again. I did this and got up to 0114.tyz.

I got tired of hitting enter, so I removed the floppy.
I put in the recovery CD that came with the PC. I then got a message that
says "out of memory"

What am I not doing right? This is driving me nuts. I am retired so I got
the time to play around. I don't want to put any money into the old PC (8yrs
old).

I want to install the OS "Windows ME", Office 2000 and the drivers for the
printer, scanner and CD burner.

--
Ron

Thank You Mark,

I got the old PC woring like new. Ready to be donated.


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Go to http://bootdisk.com for an ME boot floppy. Boot and put in the ME
> install CD, run setup. You will probably need to run FDisk to remove the old
> partitions and create a Fat32 formatted drive.
> How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a
> Hard Disk: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;255867
> --
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> Mark L. Ferguson
> .
>
> "EAA Docent" <> wrote in message
> news:6852BB32-DDB3-4782-8E9B-...
> > Hi folks !
> >
> > I got to wipeing the hard drive with dban. This is the exact message I
> > get
> > when it is finished.
> > Dban succeeded.
> > All selected disk have been wiped.
> > Remove the Dban boot media and power off.
> >
> > Saving log file to floppy disk saved/floppy/dbanlog/dban.0004.tyz.
> > Dban finished. Press enter to save the log file.
> >
> > When I do that it says insert boot disk. It goes no futher.
> > So I ran Dban on autonuke, got the above message when it finished (2 HR).
> > With out powering off I put in a blank floppy and hit enter.
> > Then I got the following, dbanlog/dban0003.tyz.
> > Then it said hit enter again. I did this and got up to 0114.tyz.
> >
> > I got tired of hitting enter, so I removed the floppy.
> > I put in the recovery CD that came with the PC. I then got a message that
> > says "out of memory"
> >
> > What am I not doing right? This is driving me nuts. I am retired so I
> > got
> > the time to play around. I don't want to put any money into the old PC
> > (8yrs
> > old).
> >
> > I want to install the OS "Windows ME", Office 2000 and the drivers for the
> > printer, scanner and CD burner.
> >
> > --
> > Ron
>

Carey,
Thank You very much.
The old pc is running like new. I re-installed the OS and a couple of other
programs for the womens shelter.

Again Thank You


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You now have a hard drive that is completely blank
> with no partitions or file system. You'll need to
> create a new partition and format that partition
> before using the recovery CD (Windows ME?).
>
> How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255867
>
> Download a boot disk from here:
> http://bootdisk.com/
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows System & Performance
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "EAA Docent" wrote:
>
> Hi folks !
>
> I got to wipeing the hard drive with dban. This is the exact message I get
> when it is finished.
> Dban succeeded.
> All selected disk have been wiped.
> Remove the Dban boot media and power off.
>
> Saving log file to floppy disk saved/floppy/dbanlog/dban.0004.tyz.
> Dban finished. Press enter to save the log file.
>
> When I do that it says insert boot disk. It goes no futher.
> So I ran Dban on autonuke, got the above message when it finished (2 HR).
> With out powering off I put in a blank floppy and hit enter.
> Then I got the following, dbanlog/dban0003.tyz.
> Then it said hit enter again. I did this and got up to 0114.tyz.
>
> I got tired of hitting enter, so I removed the floppy.
> I put in the recovery CD that came with the PC. I then got a message that
> says "out of memory"
>
> What am I not doing right? This is driving me nuts. I am retired so I got
> the time to play around. I don't want to put any money into the old PC (8yrs
> old).
>
> I want to install the OS "Windows ME", Office 2000 and the drivers for the
> printer, scanner and CD burner.
>
> --
> Ron