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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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Pepperoni has the best advice so far. Since you are giving this laptop to your grandson, there should be no need for an extreme cleaning. As mentioned previously, there should be software on the laptop to restore it to factory condition. If it didn't come with rescue disks, this is an opportune time to create them.
Once you do a factory restore, all old files will have been deleted.
Even after this process there are ways to retrieve information off the drive. One program that contains several functions to maintain a clean drive is CCleaner. One of the tools is 'Disk Wiper'. You can select to wipe only the free space which will leave all files intact and write data only to the unused portion of the drive. You can also select how many times to write over the unused areas.
Here's a link for CCleaner: link
Once you do a factory restore, all old files will have been deleted.
Even after this process there are ways to retrieve information off the drive. One program that contains several functions to maintain a clean drive is CCleaner. One of the tools is 'Disk Wiper'. You can select to wipe only the free space which will leave all files intact and write data only to the unused portion of the drive. You can also select how many times to write over the unused areas.
Here's a link for CCleaner: link
