How can I remove everything off my hard drive

[Deany]

Selling one of my laptops and I need to delete everything off the HDD. Would a simple factory restore do the trick?

 

[Towel]

Download CCleaner and under Tools you'll find driver wipe. I'm not sure how well it works but give it a shot. GL

 

[B e n]

It should do, then you've gotta delete a backup file once you've restored called old.bak or something along the lines of that, might be under a different file prefix but that's like the cached storage.

 

[Deany]

It should do, then you've gotta delete a backup file once you've restored called old.bak or something along the lines of that, might be under a different file prefix but that's like the cached storage.

Thanks. What folder would I find that in after I factory restore it?

 

[B e n]

I'm not sure what folder it's under, just do a full computer search for it, shouldn't take too long for something to come up, it'll be a huge file though, so will take some time deleting.

 

[Revo]

Just send it to me ill do it for free

 

[Zeus]

deleting all the hentai I see hmmm.

 

[Korora]

This is essentially why we have google so we can access the web of information.

#1: http://www.pcworld.com/article/261702/how_to_securely_erase_your_hard_drive.html
#2: http://lifehacker.com/5835369/how-do-i-securely-wipe-a-computer-before-donating-it-to-charity

 

[Deany]

This is essentially why we have google so we can access the web of information.

#1: http://www.pcworld.com/article/261702/how_to_securely_erase_your_hard_drive.html
#2: http://lifehacker.com/5835369/how-do-i-securely-wipe-a-computer-before-donating-it-to-charity

I already googled, just wanted to know what others have used in the past.

 

[Hurt]

Factory Reset, then install CCleaner and run the "wipe free space" option.

 

[Deany]

Factory Reset, then install CCleaner and run the "wipe free space" option.

That's what I am planning on doing. Thanks, everyone.