Last day at work.. sob.. sob..

[TommyVercetti]

Today is the last day of my internship. I already graduated in May, and after today, I will be unemployed. Interns are classified as temporary workers, and according to someone here (though not confirmed), I don't qualify for unemployment.

 

[pyonir]

 

[T3C]

that sucks

 

[TommyVercetti]

Should I format my computer?

 

[LordRaiden]

Dude, that's just not right. If I had openings, I'd hire ya.

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Should I format my computer?

If it's got anything sensative? probubly. Just be sure to use a disk wiping utility afterwords.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Should I format my computer?

If it's got anything sensative? probubly. Just be sure to use a disk wiping utility afterwords.

You mean like a magnet? Does that even work?

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Should I format my computer?

If it's got anything sensative? probubly. Just be sure to use a disk wiping utility afterwords.

Disk wiping utility? Explain with examples please.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Today is the last day of my internship. I already graduated in May, and after today, I will be unemployed. Interns are classified as temporary workers, and according to someone here (though not confirmed), I don't qualify for unemployment.

I don't know about Texas, but in California you can get unemployment from a temp job even if it's from a temp agency. The only requirement is that you check in with the temp agency for more work and if they have nothing for you, you can collect unemployment.

 

[jurzdevil]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Should I format my computer?

If it's got anything sensative? probubly. Just be sure to use a disk wiping utility afterwords.

Disk wiping utility? Explain with examples please.

it wipes the drive by filling it with 0's then with 1's then with 0's .....

dont know of any off hand

 

[dangereuxjeux]

My last day, too. Not the same situation, I'm going back to school after a few weeks of sleeping, but I feel for you.

 

[boyRacer]

Just get the utility from whoever made the HD... it should tell you how to low-level format it. It'll take a while though if you have a big HD.

 

[ggavinmoss]

Originally posted by: jurzdevil

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti

Originally posted by: LordRaiden

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Should I format my computer?

If it's got anything sensative? probubly. Just be sure to use a disk wiping utility afterwords.

Disk wiping utility? Explain with examples please.

it wipes the drive by filling it with 0's then with 1's then with 0's .....

dont know of any off hand

Check the HDD manufacturer's website for utilities. I know Maxtor/WD have utilities that will write all-0 to disk.

-geoff

 

[TommyVercetti]

Found this slightly funny thing on the unemployment form

http://www.economyblues.com/misc/pa.jpg

 

[nater]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Found this slightly funny thing on the unemployment form

http://www.economyblues.com/misc/pa.jpg

that's odd

At the beggining of the summer (before I had a job) my mom wanted me to go file for unemployment. I didn't even have a job previously.

 

[metalmania]

yeah, Disk Manager has an option of "zero filling".

 

[TommyVercetti]

I think formatting will take care of things. Nothing sensitive on my HD, just some personal stuff, etc.

 

[MysticLlama]

Only format / clean your computer off if there are no files that would be of use to the place you're working. If there are, you should first move them somewhere else, give them to a co-worker, etc.

I just say this from experience as I was brought in to recover a bunch of deleted files from an ex-employee's computer that she had deleted, and I have a feeling that the recovered items report is going to be used against her for deleting a bunch of company documents.

 

[kaizersose]

Eraser = great disk wiping utility. you get to choose from four levels of security and it works pretty fast--best of all, its free, small and takes up very little memory. go to download.com and search "eraser", i think version 5.5x is the most recent.

 

[CaseTragedy]

grats.

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: CaseTragedy
grats.

def grats