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Brilliant! Thanks very much - can't believe there's something free to use with Windows. Will try it out.

Yes I think that might be the way to go. I have just bought a used Sony Laptop with a 15.5" 4:3 screen for her and will upgrade it from Vista to Windows 7, have large text and icons and make a large shutdown button for the desktop screen. It doesn't have hdmi unfortunately, but hopefully this...

Putting another OS on the Windows 8 laptop isn't really an option - a) it might not work (I believe some Windows 8 laptops just won't play ball with other operating systems) and b) I just want to provide an all in one solution/piece of kit rather than mess about with her new laptop which she...

Hi. My aunt is 86, very sharp, and had a professional life for many years. She had a 17" laptop running XP and recently bought a new laptop now XP is coming to an end, but it is Windows 8 and she can't get to grips with it. She has very poor sight and I am thinking of getting a used Vista...

Ok - well White Canyon emailed me back and said they were happy to give a refund - then I asked why it hadn't worked and they passed me on to someone who emailed me through it. Basically the latest version didn't work with my 'legacy' hardware, so they sent me another download to burn, which is...

I've used dban before, but read somewhere recently that it didn't wipe all areas of the disc and wipedrive was more secure. Dban will have to do - it's only so I don't get my credit card numbers stolen or identity theft or something.

Thanks for that. Am in the Uk so don't fancy making an expensive call though. I have emailed them and asked for a refund. Am now wiping with dban which is going very smoothly. Hope I get my refund - no idea why it didn't work but it should have!

Oh great. Thought I'd try again after formatting the drive in case it didn't work on an unformatted drive - and when I go to activate again I am told I have used up all three licences! And haven't even wiped anything.

Ok, so decided to wipe the drive on our laptop before selling it. It is a Packard Bell R1000 with a 50gb drive, so not a lot to wipe. I had Windows 7 on it, but formatted the drive before wiping so I could use the Windows 7 disc on another computer. Anyway - have burned the cd booted from it...