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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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1492 wrote:.strollin wrote:
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.
Why would one need to smash the hard drive of an old laptop if it is to be given to one's grand children? :hI would follow the above, and simply delete any other residual files you chose. Then, overwrite the free space by using Windows built-in cipher command. Just hold down Windows Key+R, and type CMD and ENTER. At the prompt type cipher /w:c where c is the drive or partition whose free space you want overwritten. Press ENTER to start.
