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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Well, it probably isn't necessary anyway, unless you are keeping state secrets on there...
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I agree. Most of my older machines go to my kids anyway.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Bleachbit and several other programs come with tools to "shred" files and folders (similar to a paper shredder, which shreds a different kind of files and folders), and/or "overwrite free disk space to hide deleted files" -- that should be all you need, just select your home folder and delete everything.
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I have used bleachbit myself, and similar programs when I worked for the government. As long as you have no earth-shattering secrets on the drive, these programs will prevent all but the most dedicated government or industrial spies (like people with electron-scanning microscopes) from getting any information from your drive.