Re: Erasing private files from Windows XP.

[Eugene Nine <enine () ninefamily com>]

On Monday 29 January 2007 18:14, Yousef Syed wrote:
> Private Files == Browsing (email/shopping/online banking) on
> Firefox/IE; music, pictures, video and assorted other docs.
>
> I'm probably most concerned about the online banking and any account
> infor for Amazon etc.
> I know that short of physicaly destroying the HD nothing is truely
> safe, but I just want some peace-of-mind that I've done the minimum
> and haven't missed anything else obvious that anyone else could
> suggest.
If your really that worried about it then the cost is pretty low compared to 
the cost of data.  Buy a new laptop drive and stick it in and hold on to the 
one that is in there.  I usually buy my laptops with the smallest available 
from the manufacturer anyway because I can buy a larger one than what they 
offer and swap it out when I first get the laptop so the original is sitting 
around doing nothing.