Are you getting rid of a PC?

[SuperSparks]

Then you should read these articles first. If you have sensitive information on the hard drive then you need to be aware of the fact that it is recoverable unless you go to some effort.

Skeletons on your hard drive (http://news.com.com/Skeletons+on+your+hard+drive/2100-1029_3-5676995.html?tag=st.prev)

Disk Sanitization (PDF document) (http://www.cs.unibo.it/~montreso/doc/papers/AStudyOfDiskSanitizationPractices.pdf)


Here is a freeware program that can be used to overwrite data:

Eraser (http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/)

[Sarrkazztic]

Sparky, I copied this thread to the Academy forum thought it to be useful info that should be preserved.

[SuperSparks]

The article appears to have been removed from the original Disk Sanitization link, for anyone that was struggling to get it. I've found another source for it and edited the link, so it should be OK now.