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Do Restore Disks Wipe Clean?

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by James, 2008/06/28.

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    James

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    I have a set of disks that I made when I purchased my computer that will reset it to factory settings and essentially reformat (I'm assuming this is what is done) the computer. My question is a simple one: does this wipe the computer clean in order for me to donate it to a school or would I need to do something in addition to this? Thanks.
     
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    For the most part, the drive is wiped clean, however, the data that was on it can still be recovered and read. There's a good free program called Eraser that will do the task of cleaning up the drive:
    http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
     
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    Thanks, Tony. Would it be best to run this eraser first and then run the format disks? I assume this is the logical sequence.
     
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    Yes...
     
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