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Easiest way to securely wipe hard drive and reformat laptop for resale
Hi,
I'm planning to sell my old laptop after I transfer my files to a new one. Then I would like to sell the old laptop. I want to make sure though that none of the old data is accessible or "un-deletable" by hackers and the like. I also want to make sure I wipe the old laptop correctly so that it still functions.
I have all my original installation and driver disks, so is there any recommendations on how to go about this?
I ask because I'm not sure if the usual reformatting/clean install of windows will completely get rid of old data on the computer.