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I want to give the computer away but need to remove all the extra stuff I've installed first. How do I do that?
2011-11-14 06:54:00
Hello, if you have the installation disk, the best advice is to do a clean instal.
2011-11-14 01:24:00
Remove installed programs from add and remove option of control panel.or Reinstall your operating system.andformat you data on the hard disk, or use a shredder so the new owner will not be able to recover your deleted data with a recovery software.
2011-11-14 02:14:00
If I might also add, to be absolutely sure none of your data is recoverable, use
DBAN
.
2011-11-14 02:33:00
right, use Dban as @Jeff_Fabish:disqus suggested.http://www.dban.org/downloadwhy dban ? : http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-Erase-Data-Off-a-Hard-Drive