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Apr 27, 2009, 10:16 PM
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I have too old computers and don't know what to do with them. They contain highly personal information...etc on them. How do I permantely get rid of the personal information...etc on my system units?
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Apr 27, 2009, 10:19 PM
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The only thing I can think to do would be to replace the hard drives. Otherwise, things are never really "deleted" from computers.
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Apr 27, 2009, 10:42 PM
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Can you explain in simple and step by step instructions on how to remove the hard drives please?
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Apr 28, 2009, 07:21 PM
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http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-...ers-hard-drive
You can reformat any hard drive... http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/...ive_format.asp You can donate old computers: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcent...e/page5496.cfm
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May 09, 2009, 03:04 PM
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hey sorry to answer so late but _Sky had some good links there...reformatting a hard drive will not delete the partition it will only move the info to the end of the drive where a person with some puter savvy will find it...the only way to ensure nobody gets the info off these disks is to take a hammer and smash the shite out of them or if you are planning to use them again get a program like paragon's partion magic and do a military format...what this does is securely deletes all info by changing all the 1s to 0s and all the zeros to ones...they do this seven times...hope that helped...
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May 09, 2009, 07:26 PM
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I'm not a computer wizard so I'm afraid this advice has just made me more confused.
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