Shotgun wrote:
>>
>> TO PEGASUS: Oh, ye of little faith in strangers! I always figured a
>> stranger is just a friend I haven't met yet.....I do hedge that a
>> bit in real life by having a Concealed Handgun License <grin>.
>> Thanks for the reply. That was sage advice and is logical so I'll
>> try it. I really think I have transferred it all, but just can't
>> bring myself to "pull the trigger" by formating the harddrive on the
>> old one in preparation to selling it. While I have the ear of a
>> soothsayer (you), am I correct that once formatted, the old drive
>> will unreadable as far as my information is concerned and it will be
>> safe to sell? In your role as MVP have you considered changing your
>> name from Pegasus to Prometheus, as you are a big help. <g>.
>> Thanks.

No. Formatting doesn't bother the data at all and it's (almost) trivial to
recover.