Servant of Eru
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I got these instructions off of The Screen Savers on Tech TV, I tried them out, and they appear to work, these are instructions to delete the files from your harddrive that are used by law enforcement to track your internet activities in the event that they seize your computer. It's really simple assuming you know how to boot into safe mode (default F8 key with almost all motherboards), and that you can type some simple command lines into the cmd.exe window.
Press F8 to get the selection screen for the various safe modes, select Safe Mode with Command Prompt and continue.
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When the window titled cmd.exe pops up, first type in "CD\" (without the quotes) to access your HDD.
Type "del index.dat /s" (without the quotes) to delete all the hidden, and normally write protected files from you HDD. These are hidden even when you select to show all files in Windows, and even in regular Safe Mode, if you attempt to bring up the cmd.exe window by using Run, the files are constantly in use, even in Safe Mode, and can therefore not be deleted unless in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. It may take a moment for it to find all the files depending on the size of your HDD.
Type "shutdown -r" (without the quotes) into the command line once it's finished, this should bring up a window with a countdown saying your computer will shutdown in 30 seconds. Rather remniscent of the Blaster Worm.
After this, assuming you've been being a good little boy or girl, and deleting your cookie, and history files regularly, as well as getting rid of Spyware, all your internet activities should be untraceable by looking at your PC's HDD. Enjoy.
A link to the with full instructions, though not quite as detailed as I've laid them out here, can be found HERE
Press F8 to get the selection screen for the various safe modes, select Safe Mode with Command Prompt and continue.
Login as Administrator
When the window titled cmd.exe pops up, first type in "CD\" (without the quotes) to access your HDD.
Type "del index.dat /s" (without the quotes) to delete all the hidden, and normally write protected files from you HDD. These are hidden even when you select to show all files in Windows, and even in regular Safe Mode, if you attempt to bring up the cmd.exe window by using Run, the files are constantly in use, even in Safe Mode, and can therefore not be deleted unless in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. It may take a moment for it to find all the files depending on the size of your HDD.
Type "shutdown -r" (without the quotes) into the command line once it's finished, this should bring up a window with a countdown saying your computer will shutdown in 30 seconds. Rather remniscent of the Blaster Worm.
After this, assuming you've been being a good little boy or girl, and deleting your cookie, and history files regularly, as well as getting rid of Spyware, all your internet activities should be untraceable by looking at your PC's HDD. Enjoy.
A link to the with full instructions, though not quite as detailed as I've laid them out here, can be found HERE