Re: What about OLD computers??

["Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> Christine Sigman wrote:
>
>> My husband and I have a few out-of-date but still functioning
> computers we
>> need to get rid of. I know of several charitable organizations that
> will
>> ensure they get to a good home, but am concerned about lingering data
> on
>> the
>> hard drives. Is there any program or technique for definitively
> scrubbing
>> old machines? Any restore disks belonging to these machines are long
> gone.

I forgot to say that, if you have a security utility package like
Norton or McAfee, they have (or had) utilities included to secure wipe
files or drives. They may call it something like Shredder or Wiper.

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