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How would I go about selling an old computer without compromising any personal information?

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How would I go about selling an old computer without compromising any personal information?

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If you have used your computer to store your credit card numbers, resume, social security number, or other highly critical data, then you will probably want to be more concerned about the wiping of the data. However, if you used it to browse to websites for online banking, checked your utility bills, etc., then you needn’t be as concerned. The websites are encrypted and keep the information about your accounts (and related confidential data) on their end, not yours. In the case of the former, I would just delete the partition. Most people are not going to have the tools to recover a deleted partition or to go through the hard drive sector by sector to look at what was there previously (nor would they want to bother to do so; criminals are going to look for someone who is an easier score). The easiest way to do this if you are not familiar with the tools provided in the Windows environment is to take your Windows CD, boot from it, and then when it asks you about what to do with the pre-

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