Cleaning your Hardisk before sacking your old computer/laptop »
Posted By davidforyou1 11 months ago in NewsIf you have plans to donate the computer you have used for years to charity or to some one you know, it is worth taking the time to clean the hard disk before passing on your inheritance . This saves you the trouble of having to worry about personal information falling into the wrong hands . Cleaning the hard disk does not involve deleting files by sending them to Recycle Bin, because even so the information is still there. Cleaning the hard disk involves reformatting it, that way you will be sure to clean all valuable information from it. This is usually done preparing it to accept another Operating System . Different operating systems require different procedures , but the aim is the same, to wipe the hard disk of valuable information that could fall into the wrong hands . Assuming you have already backed up all the information that you deemed necessary the next steps are as followed:
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