Oh, I see I get it. When my daughter wanted to buy a new pc because her very old pc wouldn't boot up and it would take part of her money for a new one to have someone retrieve her files she had to have her brother take a hammer to it so no one could access her files. Sadly, she lost everything but boy did he enjoy himself lol! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Gollinger Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 3:13 PM To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Dist format or disk eraser utility --- On Tue, 11/2/10, Penelope Wallace <penpal70@xxxxxxx> wrote: HOW DO I REMOVE THE OS AND TRASH? Please explain this question. You had the best suggestion: a strong hammer. Gerald Ek, Yahoo is not doing reply symbol. I try not to overquote.