clearing my hard drive

babyroo

Hi,

Was wondering if anyone can give me a bit of advice, need to clear my hard drive as i'm selling my pc and obviously don't want anyone to be able to access bank account, passwords etc.

I've heard there's a disc i can download off the internet, would be grateful for any advice. :)

Spank

CCleaner has a good wiping program built it

babyroo

Thank you, i shall look into that xx

LincolnshireYokel

I ran a three month project for work several years ago, testing various methods of forensically wiping HDD's so we could safely dispose of council machines with all sorts of sensitive information on, including information on kids in care and patients with HIV, the one that provably defeated ENCASE, the police forensic tool was Evidence Eliminator 5. We used it for years on machines destined for scrap sale after that.

babyroo

i want to be able to sell my pc, not looking to scrap my hard drive.

closed

Factory restore the machine or reinstall windows from disc, then use the wipe free space option of ccleaner, to stop recovery of your files.

Or if you have the windows disc, wipe the machine using dban, and reinstall windows.