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Old 05-30-2007, 12:34 AM   #11 (permalink)
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If your selling your computer, I would actually recommed completely wiping the hard drive and reinstalling all the programs.

remove the PCB board and drop the drive from a 30 story building minimum
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Old 05-30-2007, 12:57 AM   #12 (permalink)
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What's so bad about someone buying your computer and knowing what sites you visited and what applications you had?
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Old 05-30-2007, 01:37 AM   #13 (permalink)
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What's so bad about someone buying your computer and knowing what sites you visited and what applications you had?
I wouldn't want to give someone the chance to 'stick their nose in my biz'.
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Old 05-30-2007, 01:42 AM   #14 (permalink)
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The amazing Eraser or if it's a WD, use the Diagnostic Tools to 'Write Zeros', shown below

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/


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Old 05-30-2007, 01:57 AM   #15 (permalink)
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If you have a KNOPPIX cd, you can run the shred program to wipe the hard drive.
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What's so bad about someone buying your computer and knowing what sites you visited and what applications you had?
.Eerrrr... On-line banking.....
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