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From XP to Win8- what to do to old PC
KxMx
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Hi folks, got a friend coming round tomorrow to set up my new Windows 8 PC, but I suddenly realised I hadn't done anything about the XP machine. Really don't want to impose more on my friend so how do I wipe the hard drive/clean it of personal data?
Have googled system restore and formatting hard drives to wipe them, and third party software, but still a bit in the dark so would be grateful for suggestions.
Planning to put it in a box in the shed for a while until it will probably go somewhere for recycling.
Have googled system restore and formatting hard drives to wipe them, and third party software, but still a bit in the dark so would be grateful for suggestions.
Planning to put it in a box in the shed for a while until it will probably go somewhere for recycling.
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Take harddive out and bash it with a
Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...0 -
That is a very good suggestion but I wouldn't have the first clue how to get it out or which part it is. Added to which I only have one good arm and currently do not own a hammer :rotfl:0
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Left field suggestion here,
Stick a free OS (operating system) on it and keep it as a spare PC perhaps, Google Ubuntu or mint, but there are others.
Then you could plug it in occasionally and back up anything important to you, photo's and the like.0 -
Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...0
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possibly the most asked question on this subforum - search for dban and you will find most of them, along some sensible solutions, and some OTT solutions
take it out, keep it, and google for pics or videos!!
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Is dban the same sort of thing or better than the Ccleaner option of wiping free disc space?"Things can only get better.................c/o D:Ream #The 90's
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Peel back your baby's eyelid to find no nationality or religious identity mark there. Peer at your baby's eyes for them to reflect back just people-throw away your flags and religious symbols...0
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dban wipes everything, including windows, leaving an unbootable machine.
factory restore followed by ccleaner wipe free space, leaves a working machine, but no data, or recoverable data!!
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to reply
In the end after checking out youtube I managed to extract the hard drive with little fuss. Really pleased with myself!
Will destroy at some point.
WIN 8 desktop is now up and running and what a vast improvement over our old XP PC, very happy. I believe the release of 8.2 is imminent which will improve things even more.0 -
put it in a usb caddy, and use for backup!!
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