me wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote in
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I just got a notice that my ThinkPad has finally shipped.

I promised my old Sony Vaio to a granddaughter.

What is recommended to scrub it of client files and PSpice?

I wouldn't want proprietary information to fall into the wrong hands
if she lost it.

...Jim Thompson

fdisk , format c:

No. All that does is rewrite the partition data, file allocation tables,
etc. Data sectors will be marked as empty but not overwritten and can be
read with low level tools.


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Paul Hovnanian
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