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Old 07-30-2009, 01:46 PM  
Tom_PM
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Originally Posted by acratophorum View Post
What would you do if you were actually trying to sell the laptop/computer? What is a good way to make sure that your data is really gone?
I would find a simple batch file that would write 0's then 1's then 0's then 1's repeatedly to the drive before reinstalling windows or whatever.
The data may still be there, but it'd be a heck of a lot harder to piece it back together.
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