Wiping an XP laptop

enfield_freddy

ok , sorry , most of there givaways work ok

stator

Bigmoney2 wrote: »

I just wanted to clear it before removing, I've still got a hard drive from my old desk top gathering dust, and I thought that I cleared that one by formatting it, but can't remember what OS it had..

Use DBAN. Burn it to a CD and boot from it. It works great

bsod

if the capacity is a reasonable size, re-use both in a caddy, they're cheap.

As has already been explained, you can't wipe it properly from the XP machine - so you're wasting your time going down the windows disc or third party giveaways route.

It's keep or dban boot disc or caddy and format then keep or reuse, or hammer, or take the risk that someone else picks up your old machine and has a look at what data they can find

Bigmoney2

enfield_freddy wrote: »

ok , sorry , most of there givaways work ok

I did get it started eventually, then it hung. i'm probaby doing something wrong, given up for now. Thanks.

googler

Take the hard drive out, and keep it.

Dispose of, or sell the remainder on eBay. Someone somewhere WILL buy it, even with no hard drive.