Source for above statement (for RE-INSTALLING an OS) can be seen on WD KB msg
#1211, virtually verbatim!
Also, a top level IT acquaintance tells me (as I, with my limited PC
knowledge understand it) that there can frequently be 'duplicate' files that
are corrupted (perhaps due to malware, improper uninstall procedures, etc.)
that can be causing system malfunctions, and the only way to solve the
problem is to truly 'eliminate' all such files.
Richard.
Mike M wrote:
Out of curiosity can you give a reference please to where WD say to write
zeroes before installing an OS. I would be interested to read this since
I have never done this in many years of working with PCs and would be
interested to learn their reasoning for this suggestion.

Not that it is relevant to the question of "writing zeroes" but I hope you
appreciate that you are posting to a newsgroup supporting those wishing to
setup the old Win Me operating system rather than XP, hence the
"windowsme" in the title of the newsgroup.
CQuirke;
Your links are very interesting, but the specific troublesome problem
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don't find anything), or maybe my system just needs replaceing.
Thanks again

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