Well I have a Dell Laptop that I am selling and I want to erase the harddrive.So I downloaded the USB Flash Drive Version of DBAN and booted up the computer from the usb drive but it doesn't go to DBAN just to the desktop.The same thing happens when I use the cd version.What am I doing wrong?
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Anonymous2007-10-06 0:06
you have a dell... the first of all your fails you faily failer
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Anonymous2007-10-06 2:09
Did you smash Del, F12, F10, or whatever key it is on your configuration to enter into your BIOS and make sure that it reads those sections for bootable data before the HDD? I'd try that.
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Anonymous2007-10-06 2:53
Yes. At least if it's new (I support a lot of Latitude D820s at work) if you press F12 it'll ask what you want to boot to just this once. It should let you choose USB if it's at all bootable.
I did press f12 and selected what I wanted it to boot from but it just boots normally.
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Anonymous2007-10-06 14:39
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Then it is likely that your USB stick is either not a model that's good for booting off of, or the code on it is not bootable itself.
Did you read the instructions? You would probably have to run a special installer/preparer for it instead of just dropping it on the drive.
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Anonymous2007-10-07 2:44
Try burning Dban to a CD. Many USB sticks aren't bootable.
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