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selling PC delete personal files

misterk_2
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Hi,
Any advice would be greatly appreciated on this issue. I am trying to get rid of my old PC, it has windows 98 on it, I have deleted all my personal files that I can remeber, however i understand you can still recover these files is there any free software available to ensure thesse deleted files from my recycle bin can not be recovered? I know how to format a PC, but i would really prefer not to follow that route. Also is there any other software that i can use to ensure all my personal stuff is deleted without deleting the operating system?
Thanks
Any advice would be greatly appreciated on this issue. I am trying to get rid of my old PC, it has windows 98 on it, I have deleted all my personal files that I can remeber, however i understand you can still recover these files is there any free software available to ensure thesse deleted files from my recycle bin can not be recovered? I know how to format a PC, but i would really prefer not to follow that route. Also is there any other software that i can use to ensure all my personal stuff is deleted without deleting the operating system?
Thanks
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For a general cleanup, delete all your personal files, delete all accounts/profiles, then run these one after the other (tick all the boxes).
http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/clndisk.html
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-defrag
http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php
To completely wipe you hard disk, and make all data (including windows) unrecoverable:
http://www.cbltech.ca/data-shredder.html
http://dban.sourceforge.net/Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0 -
You could just remove the hard drive and either keep it, mount it in a caddy, or if its of no further use to you perform a mechanical erasure procedure (i.e. Take a hammer to it).That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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tbh I don't think it's going to be worth the effort of cleaning the hd etc for the money you'll get for a pc that is/was running win 980
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