On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 17:57:16 +0000, willie bunter <williebun...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Good Day To All, > Can anybody suggest how I can delete all the files, software etc. from an >old laptop before I scrap it? The laptop in question is a DELL VISTA. I >asked the experts at DELL but they couldn't tell me because of a lack of >documentation. >Thanks. >Willie Hi Willie, Assuming it only has normal stuff on it, and its on a real disk, not SSD I would use the free version of Kill Disk https://www.killdisk.com/eraser.html to do a single pass wipe. You can do a bootable CD or USB stick so it wipes everything. It is said that the NSF can recover the data from a disk after a single wipe, but I am sure no individual can, well not at a cost that would make it worth while. Dave Wade ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
