According to the Duo2300 manual, you need to "reinitialize" the hard disk by using "Disk Tools" software on a floppy disk. So you need the external floppy drive to wipe your drive clean. Look in the "Utilities" folder for the "Drive Setup" program. It may be a misprint, but the manual seemed to say that the Drive Setup program is on the hard disk as well. Good luck! Art in Silicon Valley Rich Bussone <rich at daniellefineart.com> wrote: Hi all There seems to be some confusion. I want to do a clean install so I can erase the hard drive of any information like social security and bank account numbers on the computer. I thought a clean install would erase the entire hard drive. Is this true or not? Rich _______________________________________________ DuoList mailing list DuoList at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/duolist/attachments/20071102/fd567b20/attachment.html