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On 25 Jul 2005 18:20:13 -0700, "nash123"



In general it sounds like the power supply. The specific
detail making that all the more likely is that you have to
sometimes unplug it from the wall to reset it.

Please do not post to so many off-topic groups. It is very
inconsiderate and could be against your ISP's TOS.

Yeah - we don't send the hard drives when we send the laptops back for
repair. We pull the drive, they fix the computer, we put the drive back in.

Hope that helps!

Why would that void the warranty? Every major PC manufacturer I've dealt
with recently almost expect people to get inside for upgrades.

The alternative is a program like Norton WipeInfo. You go through and
manually select the sections of the HD that you want "wiped" and it performs
an exceptionally secure wipe of that section - select by folders, and tell
it to wipe empty HD space too. That way your OS and apps are still
installed, there just is no data on it.

Search Google for other software besides Norton's.

You obviously don't want anybody to know what you are talking
about, judging from the lack of context.

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Ah - yes...I can see the point in that! Good luck...

On 27 Jul 2005 19:52:30 -0700, "nash123"




"wipe it"?
Sounds a bit excessive. Why not just delete whatever-it-is
that's making you paranoid? If that's too much of a pain
for you, just zip everything up into a single file with a
very strong (large) password, though if there's any valuable
data it'd certainly be prudent to make backups before
sending it in either way.

Update - Gateway replaced the power supply. Let's see if it will help.

Thanks for all the feedback.