My brother-in-law has Windows 2000. He has decided he wants to sell his computer and everything with it. Is there an easy way I can clean out all his documents etc prior to selling, ie a complete clean of the computer basically (cookies, files, temp files etc and favourites). Obviously I would want to leave the basics on. He has lost his Windows installation disc as I had thought of a reformat. Any help would be appreciated.
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Jump to PostDeleting a file by using for example "delete" in the context menu doesn't mean the file cannot be recovered with special tools. Some sort of low-level format of the harddisk and a reinstall of Windows would serve better. To "pseudo" low-level format the disk (overwrite it with 0's), check the …
Jump to PostThis free Cleaner program will remove a lot of stuff .trust me ,I used it and today have to retype in all my passwords !hehe Aformat would be best though and let the buyer install there own OS.
Also ,delete your temporary files by deleting …
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