From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/10 21:44:58, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > knuttle wrote:   
   >> We could not get pass the login password on my Brother in laws computer,   
   >> so we removed the drive. (Long irrelevant story)   
   >   
   > Hi Keith,   
   >   
   > Maybe I'm missing something because, essentially, a drive is a drive.   
   > It doesn't matter if that drive was previously used for something.   
   >   
   > Unless it's encrypted, isn't any drive easily re-formatted & re-used?   
   > Even if it's encrypted, isn't it easily formatted so it's a new drive?   
      
   Yes. But that's no good if you want access to data that was on the drive   
   - which you've not given the OP a chance to say whether he does or not.   
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