Clean the Hard Drive Before Dumping Your PC By Kim Komando Reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center If you’re getting rid of your old computer, or even if you aren’t just yet, there are some things you should know about it. Chances are great there’s sensitive data on it. If you’re like me, that PC’s hard drive contains a compilation of your personal and business life. If the wrong people were to grab it, they could hurt you and your business very seriously. Here’s the problem: An When that file is Assuming you just Do you trust the But be aware that if So here are my four Don’t want a big So if you give the PC Reformat the hard Past versions of On Windows XP, you’ll On all systems, shut Reformatting will keep Buy software and PC Inspector’s (www.pcinspector.de) This process can be You’re totally The Pentagon shreds its You need to destroy the Step 4 seems excessive |
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