Re: I Need to Clean Up an Old Computer to Give it Away
- From: Phisherman <noone@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:47:03 GMT
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:35:43 -0700, jamesmcnee
<james.mcnee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a Sony PC running XP that I am getting rid of.
I don't expect to sell it but even taking it to school or the Goodwill
I want to securely clean all my data off the hard drives.
What advice do people have about formatting / those programs to wipe
disks / ...
How do you clean everything off while still running the OS?
An advice for a pretty basic user would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Boot from the CD, fdisk and format the drive. Not 100% but it will
foil most hackers.
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