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re: Keep Programs but clean harddrive - Possible?
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 7:00 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19240 messages posted)
Easiest thing to do would be to do a clean re-install of XP.
On Friday, March 28, 2008 at 6:05 am, TedG wrote:
>Hi, I Don't know if this is possible so thought I'd ask the experts.
>
>I'm planning on giving my PC to a friend but whilst wanting to hand over the PC
as
>it is (I.e with XP and all the programs/updates/security packages/Software I have
>collected and downloaded) I also want to ensure that I don't leave any personnel
>information on the PC.
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>Although I've copied onto CD's the information I want to keep for my new PC and
have
>deleted them from the old PC (I.e recycle bin) is there a way off also ensuring
these
>are permanently deleted from the hard drive but still keeping the programs etc on
>the PC.
>
>I've read about something called 'eraser' but don't know how this works. Does this
>wipe everything?
>
>If I can't do as mentioned how best would I keep all the data I require and then
>return the PC to how I first bought it - I will then have to download from scratch
>the programs etc back onto the PC?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Cheers
>
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