[LINK] Microsoft's Really Hidden Files

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 07:33:46AM +1000, hartr@interweft.com.au wrote:

> A far better solution when selling off old PCs is to delete, low level
> format the disks and reinstall the software (provided of course that you
> *can* resell the software, which may well not be the case for Microsoft
> software).

if security/confidentiality is a concern then it's better to physically
destroy the drives and sell the machines diskless (or with a new drive).

the drives are a small loss....by the time a machine is old enough to
sell, the drives are truly ancient - tiny & slow & noisy....and probably
not far from dying anyway.

craig

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