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How To Really, Truly Delete Files

Posted May 08, 2007 12:00 AM EDT

By Ron Doyle

I constantly receive questions about selling, or giving away computers and proper security. Not security from viruses but for personal files that have been stored on the computer in the past. For example, a person used a computer for the past several years to do all their home business’s bookkeeping, write love letters, etc. Now they want to upgrade to a new Vista computer. They have deleted all of the old software and files that...

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