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Data removal

jerica
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Posted August 14, 2011 at 12:25PM

Hi, I've got and oldish computer that I want to give to charity, what is the best way of removing any data that is on the hard drive? Thanks.

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northumbria61

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Posted August 14, 2011 at 12:39PM

I would completely remove the old hard drive and destroy it with a hammer before parting with it !

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted August 14, 2011 at 1:59PM

Or if you what to leave the drive in

wipe it with Killdisk http://www.killdisk.com/ and reinstall windows

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