Re: Clean up of personal info on XP machine

Hi there,

I don't want to physically destroy or nuke the drive (have done that many
times) but just to removed personally info so that anyone else would still
carry on using the same computer but without traces of last person's
'present'

Kind regards,


"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eGla%23tfUIHA.4752@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Smiley wrote:
Hi there,

Where and what to remove if I want personal info - logon details
(username and password) to various website to be removed from Window XP
pro and home edition.

Also I have emptied the internet temp files but doesn't seem to do the
trick. Also where can I find all the download from internet to be
removed.

How you do this really depends on your end goal. If you are going to throw
the hard drive away or sell the computer, the only way to make sure there
is no personal information on the hard drive is to zero the drive out
using at least the standard Dept. of Defense algorithm. You can do this
with the free Darik's Boot and Nuke. Or you can physically destroy the
drive with something nice like a sledgehammer.

If your end goal is different, please post back with exactly what you want
to do.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


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