Re: Question on Returning HP TSV from Thanksgiving

NikkiColo · ‎03-13-2010

Thank you for all your suggestions! Nutmeg, that YouTube video was great and did the trick. No more buying on line before trying in person something as important as a computer. Yep, big lesson learned ! It is on its way back today.

Iambeezer · ‎01-10-2013

On 1/13/2015 glb613 said:
You can also install CCleaner and wipe the free space after you delete all of your personal information and uninstall programs. It's found under tools and will overwrite the free space with 1s and 0s.

When you either delete or uninstall, the data is still there. The space it occupies is marked as free and can be overwritten or used again. Until it's overwritten and with the proper software, a person can get the data. When you wipe the drive or free space, that area is overwritten with 1s and 0s making it unreadable. So, if you format the drive and reinstall or wipe the drive/free space, your data is gone.

Using the recovery partition (most notebook computers don't have optical drives to use a disk) or the recovery data you put on a USB drive (which is what you do instead of making discs) should be fine for erasing your data. As posted, don't install a lot of personal "stuff" until you know you want to keep a computer.

CCleaner is a joke. Me along with thousands of "legal" hackers with PhD's can easily get that info back. The only real safe way to destroy info is to blow it to pieces.

glb613 · ‎03-09-2010

On 1/13/2015 WIlliam Joseph said:
On 1/13/2015 glb613 said:
You can also install CCleaner and wipe the free space after you delete all of your personal information and uninstall programs. It's found under tools and will overwrite the free space with 1s and 0s.

When you either delete or uninstall, the data is still there. The space it occupies is marked as free and can be overwritten or used again. Until it's overwritten and with the proper software, a person can get the data. When you wipe the drive or free space, that area is overwritten with 1s and 0s making it unreadable. So, if you format the drive and reinstall or wipe the drive/free space, your data is gone.

Using the recovery partition (most notebook computers don't have optical drives to use a disk) or the recovery data you put on a USB drive (which is what you do instead of making discs) should be fine for erasing your data. As posted, don't install a lot of personal "stuff" until you know you want to keep a computer.

CCleaner is a joke. Me along with thousands of "legal" hackers with PhD's can easily get that info back. The only real safe way to destroy info is to blow it to pieces.

You are always so nasty and poorly informed.