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Want to give our grandson old laptop & would like to clean the hard drive & delete files,What would be the best way to go about it?Thanks
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Removing the hard drive and smashing it with a hammer would certainly remove your old files but my guess is that you'd like to give the laptop to your grandson in working order.
Assuming this is a Windows computer, I'd create a new user account for your grandson, assign that account admin rights, then login to it and delete your old account. One of the options when deleting an account is to also delete any files associated with it. Depending on the age of the grandson, you may not want to give his account admin rights but you will need to create a new account with admin rights to be able to login and delete your old account.
Doing that should remove all your data files while keeping the OS and the installed programs in tact.
Assuming this is a Windows computer, I'd create a new user account for your grandson, assign that account admin rights, then login to it and delete your old account. One of the options when deleting an account is to also delete any files associated with it. Depending on the age of the grandson, you may not want to give his account admin rights but you will need to create a new account with admin rights to be able to login and delete your old account.
Doing that should remove all your data files while keeping the OS and the installed programs in tact.
