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Clearing Hard Drive

by Sandbob Jul 15, 2007 11:07PM PDT

I am giving away an older computer, and need to know how clear the hard drive. Is this all I would have to do before giving it away? Is there a way that I can just go in and delete some things rather than clear the hard drive. I just don't want to pass it on with information still present. Thanks

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by jackson dougless Jul 16, 2007 12:19AM PDT

The best thing to do, is sell it sans HDD to be absolutely sure no information is passed along. However, if you look around a bit, you should be able to find some zero filling formatting programs that will be more than enough to stop anyone who isn't a professional data recovery expert from getting at it.

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by Sandbob Jul 16, 2007 12:47AM PDT

Thanks for the info, but I am no where near a computer expert, so where would I find such a program? Thanks

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by jackson dougless Jul 16, 2007 1:19AM PDT

Never had need for one... Try Google or your search engine of choice.

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by Bob__B Jul 16, 2007 1:58AM PDT

Two disk wipe utils that show up on the boards on a regular basis are.

Killdisk
Dban

Use goggle....see if they fit.

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