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selling PC delete personal files

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

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