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What should I do before I reformat my hard-drive
Hello
I have found a program in my programs folder that I know is a bandit and it won't delete. I also have so much 'stuff' in my folders that has been dumped there by long-deleted software that my 750mB hard drive was full. I had three versions of AutoCAD which I removed but its left loads of legacy stuff and I do not know what is safe to delete.
Therefore, I am planning on doing a reformat of my hard drive. I am backing everything up, as you do (forgot outlook on one backup - a years e-mails gone. ouch!) but should I do more. I assume any nasties cannot hide elsewhere like the printer, say, and I assume a reformat does clean the disc or should I use a 'killdisc'?
With a clean disc, is there a procedure I should adopt. I would love to keep a text-log of everything that goes on that I could compare with as I use the machine - a kind of monitor. If I am to stay with windows and not port to Linux, I need to know what is happening 'under the hood'.
Any advice is welcome.
Regards