HERE IS SOMETHING I WAS WANDERING ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO A FRIEND OF MIINE TOLD ME ABOUT DELETE*.* FOR CLEANING OUT YOUR COMPUTER PROGRAMS. I WAS WANDERING WHAT THIS COMMAND DID AND WHY IT IS SO DANGEROUS TO USE. I TRIED IT ONCE AND THERE WENT EVERYTHING ON THE COMPUTER I HAD TO REPROGRAM MY SYSTEM AFTER THAT. MY FRIEND WANTS TO CLEAN OUT HIS SYSTEM BUT HE HAS LENOX I THINK THAT IS THE WAY YOU SPELL IT. WILL THIS COMMAND DO IT FOR HIM OR IS THERE ANOTHER COMMAND THAT WILL CLEAN THAT OPERATING SYSTEM OUT FOR HIM.If you want to remove everything from the coputer system and start again, I suggest formating it. This depends on your OS. On 98, you can insert your bootdisk, restart and at the dos promt type fdisk x: or FORMAT x: (can't remember which; replace x with the drive letter)

For example, fdisk c: or format c:

Warning: ALL data will be lost.

delete *.* is dangerous because it deletes all files, but I'd assume that some junk WOULD still be left, so use format to have a good clean start.

Usually, formatting is a last-resort. Is there any particular reason why you want to do this?It is probably dangerous for people who can not turn off the caps LOCK, and thus, are a bit simple.http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/