I want to erase all my personal data files from a COMPUTER I'm getting rid of. I searched the FAQ's and found some free utility programs. What's not CLEAR to me is whether I can completely remove all my personal data and still leave the operating system and program files in place. Can anyone help?If you do it from within the OS then you can do anything you like with data files and the OS will be fine.Thanks, Allan, for your quick response! Now, is anyone FAMILIAR with any of the utility programs listed in the FAQ's (Eraser, Harddisk Eraser, NecroFile, Permanent Erasure, SDelete) to recommend one to use? Is there another free utility out there that would do the job for me?Do you have your windows disk?Just delete the files, empty the recycle BIN, and defrag the drive. Unless you work for the CIA I wouldn't be too worried about someone trying to recover your deleted files.Quote from: fordee9r on October 17, 2009, 10:22:42 PM

...Is there another free utility out there that would do the job for me?