Selling your pc - delete those data files

clipped from www.microsoft.com Files you should remove before you donate or sell your computer: E-mail contacts E-mail messages All documents All files in the operating system recycle bin or trash folder Internet files All non-transferable software (most software is transferable if you have the original disks and product key) safely overwrite your files. clipped from www.makeuseof.com a secure deletion program such as Eraser When you delete information from your hard-drive, it isn’t really gone. The computer just tells you it’s gone, it gives you back the hard-drive space and over a period of time, the deleted file gets written over is why when you sell your old PC to someone, it’s good to delete all your files through a secure deletion program otherwise the new owner can fire up a retrieval program Eraser integrates itself into your Windows trash bin so when you right-click on the trash bin to empty it, you can choose a regular emptying or an Eraser emptying. if you don’t use the Eraser emptying, those files can come back