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matthew1025 · 12-22-2007, 07:08 PM

I recently bought a laptop from my friend, long story short their are some "inapropriate files and information" that i would like erased from this computer permanantly,things like internet shortcuts, internet add ons, etc. how could i go about doing this. would i need a new hard drive, new software? please help.

12-22-2007, 07:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
matthew1025 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 OS: winxp	new computer, wish to erase all bits of info I recently bought a laptop from my friend, long story short their are some "inapropriate files and information" that i would like erased from this computer permanantly,things like internet shortcuts, internet add ons, etc. how could i go about doing this. would i need a new hard drive, new software? please help.