Software to remove personal data from a PC

[john8867]

Hi guys,

I'm about to get a new desktop PC and am looking for some software that will wipe all passwords etc off my old one before i sell it.

Any suggestions?

[hoggy952]

I use Privacy eraser pro removes all passwords.

[john8867]

Will the free trial do that, or do u have to buy the full prog?

[Arhangel]

Low level HDD
Make new partitions
New OS
enjoy!

[faum72]

yeah if your worring about sensitive info you should wipe the drive, and reinstall, it's a pain but privacy wipes ain't gonna get rid of your info if some one knows what there doing, check out Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format.
or heirens boot c.d both are free

[dinocol]

keep the old hard drive for your old pc then buy a new hard drive for it before selling it..

[johnboy1974]

i use cyber scrub mate you can get a cracked version on the bay or a months free trial from the website. it lets you scrub to a level that even the fbi could not retrieve.

[juetsing]

Format it, then fill the HD to full large and no-important files...........then nobody can recovery orig data...............

[compass]

Hi, do a low level format on your hard disk and reinstall the Operating system. This should help.

[Upsolo]

If you want to be really quiet and secure, format hard disk and reinstall SO and some basic programs.

[ifred]

Comodo do some free for personal use to clean HD I agree with other do a total wipe of system and a virgin copy of windows back on the machine otherwise your regret it, if the harddrive ends up anywhere near Nigeria :-(

[jjdude]

SDelete is what I used to wipe my HDD. Make sure you overwrite at least 35 passes.