John70 said:
I'd like to thank you for your information. Indeed I meant sensitive
information.
Since friday I've been thinking on this and I thought doing the
following:
- Delete the files I need to remove from disk
- Delete all temporary files including on local folders
- Proceed to defrag ( using Windows Defrag or even Contig from
Sysinternals )
Any opinion on this are appreciated.
To protect your personal information and data from any future users
of average skills, you should, at the very least, format the hard drive.
You can do this using the original Installation CD. Simply boot from
the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete,
create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You
may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to
boot from the CD.)
If you wish to do a more thorough job of protecting your personal
data, WipeDrive
(
http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive-erase-hard-drive.php) meets U.S.
DoD standards for securely cleaning surplus unclassified hard drives,
and could be used before formatting and reinstalling the OS and
applications. There are also several freeware utilities available for
this purpose, although they don't meet the DoD standards. Google is
your friend.
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