Guest Quafe24 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 If I'm getting rid of a hard drive will reformatting it get rid of all my old data? I want to wipe the drive of information because I might recycle or resell the computer. Not sure which yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Great question and yes, before you sell your computer you should wipe the drive if possible. CCLeaner which is an app we've talked about over the years is a great app that can help you with this. http://www.groovypost.com/tags/ccleaner/ You can use the app to WIPE just the free space or the entire drive if you want to drop the drive into another computer to perform the WIPE. I'll have to write up an article on the specifics but if you download it and click on the TOOLS option, you should be able to figure it out. If not, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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