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What does erasing your hard drive do, and how do I do it completely?

I'm giving away a hard drive to my friend, since I want to start clean and my new computer comes with a new hard drive. How do I erase it, and when I clear my hard drive, what will be erased? Thanks, I'd really appreciate answers.

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Rengard

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Download a free program from the following site. It will erase everything from your hard drive.

http://www.cbltech.ca/data-shredder.html

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Headless Man

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You will need to boot up with another hard drive or CD to erase it and you need to zero it out to be sure nothing can be retrieved.

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shalom lass

Thanks! I'm not totally sure what you mean, but I get the gist (or at least my older computer-smart brother will, he's visiting in a week)! He doesn't know how to wipe a hard drive, though.

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Headless Man

This can vary depending on what you have.

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