Question how to delete computer with minimum number of clicks

[Number Six]

Hey guys..how can I kill myself and then dispose of my own body?

I don't want anyone else to help.

Swim with SHARKS

By the way - you should have started a new thread instead of hijacking this one :P

[freebird73717]

guns1inger,
I wonder where are all the "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" people? There's usually a landslide of them whenever anything even slightly negative is said about these people who "don't spend all day on heir computer" (though they've been here 6 years).

You probably wont see any here. I think most people would agree that jimdagys doesn't seem to be on the up and up here. You guys have a lot more patience than me. You were helpful a lot longer than I would have been. Just look at his previous posts and see how they all have similar a "feel" about them.

[Number Six]

guns1inger,
I wonder where are all the "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" people? There's usually a landslide of them whenever anything even slightly negative is said about these people who "don't spend all day on heir computer" (though they've been here 6 years).

You probably wont see any here. I think most people would agree that jimdagys doesn't seem to be on the up and up here. You guys have a lot more patience than me. You were helpful a lot longer than I would have been. Just look at his previous post and see how they all have similar a "feel" about them.

I only responded because it hit a nerve with me - I do not care why he wanted to do this - but I was surprised that he GOT my point.

[Supreme2k]

Actually, I once saw a book that had the cover ripped off of it. I couldn't judge it, so I refrained from reading it.

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greymalkin, that's not a fair comparison. You could simply jump into a volcano to accomplish your goal, but a volcano wouldn't leave the hard drive intact. Well, unless it was a virtual volcano, and we all know that they are in the realm of fantasy, like flying cars.

[SCDVD]

There is only one reason that someone would want to do this - - a bad one. The only thing we don't know is - what is the bad reason. It's probably some sort of vandalism or a more probable reason is to be able to do a quick "system destroy" operation. I could see how a drug dealer would like to be able to wipe his system fast and easy when the cops are banging on the front door. But whatever the reason is, this is a WEIRD question.

[greymalkin]

definitely a bad reason, but perhaps not drug/piracy operation as then you would be concerned about more than just some joe blow not being able to boot into it..then again if you are dumb you may think that's all you need to do...

and my previous post was definitely ON TOPIC. common sense should dictate you can't use an operating system to delete itself.

[SCDVD]

if you are dumb you may think that's all you need to do...

The prisons are full of "dumb" prisoners whose bright idea wasn't so bright after all. They even make TV shows that feature some of the more stupid ones under the banner of humor.

[gll99]

Won't explain. I just wanted a quick way to make some xp computers so they wouldn't boot into Windows

I consider that enough of an explanation!

[zoobie]

windows is obviously safegarded against such...if it wasn't, every idiot would delete their OS

little bobby is busy upstairs...writing malware and sabotaging computers

LEAVE BRITTNEY ALONE!

[makntraks]

2 pages for this???? And not even a smart ass comment from Sup2k???? The only reason I read through this slag was for a smart ass comment!

makntraks

[AlanHK]

. common sense should dictate you can't use an operating system to delete itself.

Of course you can.
In unix-like OSes just
sudo rm -rf /
In Macs, just delete the system.

In older versions of Windows, run
cd \
cd Windows
del .

Maybe you'll get some error messages in recent version of Windows, but I'm sure you can override them. After all, when you do an upgrade, you have to delete system files before you replace them.

Otherwise, most OSes include a hex editor, or some low level function that you can use to zero out segments of the hard disk, circumventing any file protection.

When an OS is running, it's in RAM. Deleting the hard disk files will not affect it until it looks for a new file/program to run, by which time it's too late. Then it will crash.

[Supreme2k]

2 pages for this???? And not even a smart ass comment from Sup2k???? The only reason I read through this slag was for a smart ass comment!

makntraks

You missed at least 2 from me, and a few from others, ya dang illiterate mofo!

[Cornucopia]

To answer the OP, what I'd do to completely remove data from a drive is take it to a car salvage yard where they've got one of those HUGE electromagnets, and I'd wave it right by it while it was engaged so that it completely degaussed the drive.

Then, the bullet thing, then I'd pry open the case and pour lemon juice in there, then let it bake for 10 hours at 500degrees 'til golden brown.

(and no use of software)

Scott

edit:>>>Oh, yeah and a little microwave lightning show for good measure. (But say goodbye to the microwave oven too)

[jollyjohn]

Hey guys..how can I kill myself and then dispose of my own body?

I don't want anyone else to help.

Buy a coffin with the handles inside.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Strap sticks of dynamite to the computer, strike a match...

[SCDVD]

Yeah but the authorities might still recover the data. Take at look at the picture of the charred drive from Shuttle Columbia after a fiery reentry from outer space. http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/library/Shuttle_AP_Story.pdf They recovered the data from it.

It's really funny to think about the nightmares this felonious thug will have worrying about the data coming back to bite him no matter what he does. I can just picture the night sweats and jumping awake screaming after the latest bad dream about his data coming alive again - It would make a good horror movie. What would be a good name for this horror movie? How about "Revenge of the Data" or maybe "The Immortal Hard Drive"?

It makes me think about Robert Brewster the alien character in Terminator 3 who could always reconstruct himself even when he is blown to bits and melted.