Re: need disks?

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Why not just delete all your personal files and then donate it. Only someone
with something to gain
will spend the time and effort to recover information from it.
"cambridge" <cambridgeways@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a new laptop and am about to donate my old desktop to charity.
I want to wipe out the disk securely and am aware that there are
utilities out there to do this but I want to retain the XP operating
system if possible. If this is not possible I would like to supply
the original XP Professional CDs so it can be restored. Here's the
problem: I can't locate these disks. What can I do? Can I wipe the
drive while sparing the operating system? Recreate installation disks
from the PC?



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