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Disable ME sys restore for w/InfoWipe

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I run Windows ME. I need to erase files with Norton InfoWipe. I understand that ME will keep these files because of system restore regardless of using the erase feature. How can I erase these files permanently from my computer? Is there something I can disable before running erase? Just need some help and advice. Thanks in advance.

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by ann777

The only way to get around the problem is to backup your data, wipe your hdd (fdisk and recreate the partition), and start over with your OS, but leaving out whatever programs/data you don't want on the computer any more.

by cg it

To disble System restore on Windows ME computers open the control panel, click on the system icon. In the system properties dialog box click on the performance tab. Then click on the file systems tab on the lower left corner. On the File systems property dialog box, click on the trouble shooting tab, check the last box (disable System restore). Then click ok. Close all dialog boxes. restart your computer. System restore should now be disabled. With system restore disabled, you can now delete programs and not be able to restore them via system restore. If you want to make sure programs are deleted once you delete them using add/remove programs, use My computer to explore you drive and remove the folders of the program that the add/remove feature does not
delete. You can also delete programs and their directories via the command prompt and using the delete wild card *.* feature.

I don't recommend you use wipe info to delete programs from you computer. Wipe info does just that, wipes the hard drive space with a Hexidecimal value OO (in the case of a DOD wipe the value OxOO). It doesn't delete specific programs.

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