How do I clean up my personal files on a PC that I am going to give to my brother?

6 Comments

1. Mickey L says:

   March 14, 2010 at 9:21 am

   If you have sensitive financial data on your computer, You should perform a "secure delete". This is the only method of removing data permanently. This method is endorsed by the U.S. Dept of Defense for permanent data removal. It works by encrypting, deleting and than overwriting the data. This reduced the data to garbage code. So, no one can retrieve the info because it is unreadable garbage. You can do this yourself or you can use evidence erasing software. The page below will show how to do
   both.
   http://www.delete-computer-history.com/secure-file-deletion.html
2. Yoi_55 says:

   March 14, 2010 at 9:21 am

   You can use CCleaner to remove temp files and whatnot. As for your personal files, you will need to go in and manually delete them wherever they are located.
3. Dr.What says:

   March 14, 2010 at 9:21 am

   wipe the disk using a wiping program from the cd drive. then reformat the drive.
4. grimlock_grimlock says:

   March 14, 2010 at 9:21 am

   So you want to remove traces of your porn do you?

   Right ,wipe ,re-partition and re-install windows.Its the only sure fire way.
5. wohawsnng says:

   March 14, 2010 at 9:21 am

   the only way is to smash up the hardisk as you can never completely remove them from your hardisk.
6. Poopy says:

   March 14, 2010 at 9:21 am

   Two programs:
   Ccleaner
   http://www.ccleaner.com

   and CleanUp!
   http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=70

   which will delete all your MRU’s, DAT’s and other personal info indexes.

   http://www.internet-washers.com/windows-washer.html