How do I make sure all created files are erased from my pc without erasing the programs? Want to give pc away.
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010I want to be able to get rid of pc but want whoever gets it to be able to use currently installed programs such as excel, word, powerpoint, etc. Operating system and Windows were installed by company I purchased pc from years ago so I don’t have disks to reinstall if I were to erase the hard drive. Can anyone help?
If you’re planning on just giving away your license for these programs then that’s fine, however you will not legally be allowed to install and continue to use these programs on your new computer. Now if you don’t have any disks and the company that sold you the computer just pre-loaded all the software, especially Windows and Office (Word, Excel, etc) Then they broke the law and so did you by accepting this and by using these programs. Play it safe and kill the system. Do a low level format, also referred to as Zero Filling (not a regular format) on the hard drive and then let the recipient of the computer deal with his / her own operating system and applications. That person may not even want to use Windows but may prefer Linux.
Barkley …: Your method is flawed and data deleted in that fashion can easily be recovered. When you simply press delete on files they actually don’t get deleted; the space looks like it’s deleted and empty – but it is merely "ready to be overwritten", hence the countless data recovery utilities out on the market. Even if you format your hard drive or remove the partition, the data can be recovered. You have to do a low level format.
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