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Completely Erasing the Hard Drive

Started by sarahd711 , Jun 12 2006 12:55 PM

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Posted 12 June 2006 - 12:55 PM

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I have a friend who is getting rid of an old computer but doesn't want the next person who takes it to be able to get all of their personal information. How would they go about clearing the hard drive or doing whatever it would take to erase all of their personal info? Thanks!!!
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Posted 12 June 2006 - 12:59 PM

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To completely erase all data on the drive(s)

Download Boot and Nuke

Using Boot and Nuke
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