My personal information on the p.c. Help!?

Is there something I should do before getting rid of my p.c. to delete my personal information? If so, what do I do?





I want to be sure my banking info., etc., is totally off before I donate. Thanks!





Oh... a friend said to hold a magnet near the hard-drive to delete info. Any comments?

My personal information on the p.c. Help!?
deleting the information on the drive is not enough, as it can be recovered with the right tools - even if you format the drive.





if you are throwing the pc away, then I'd remove the hard drive and physically destroy it, its the best way to be 100%.





not sure the magnet method would be that effective on a hard drive, but by all means give it a go.


Personally, I'd take the drive out and take a large hammer to it.
Reply:format your hard drive
Reply:I sugest take out the hard disk and with magnet , go throw it all the hardisk, if the hardisk is damage u dont have to worried about all ur information u had on that.





no way of recovery it now.
Reply:Reformatting your hard drive will remove your information..sure, military experts could still access it, but unless you are a millionaire, it is a moot point. Your trash can probably contains more data than that.