Selling That Computer? Things you should know B4 you do.

Did you know: 

If you sell your computer or give it away the data on the hard drive usually goes with it even if you've "erased" it. 

When you delete the data from your hard drive the data is STILL THERE!!!!!  What happens when you format the drive or erase it the data is changed to a hidden state so it can't be seen, but it's still there.    

Tax records, résumés, photo albums--the modern hard drive can keep increasingly larger volumes of information for fast retrieval. But that can turn into a problem when it comes to effectively erasing these drives.

That means that passwords, logins and other personal information could still be lurking on machines that have supposedly been cleaned.

There are ways to handle this problem. One is to simply destroy the drive such as smashing it with a large hammer. But you can't reuse it afterwards.

There are software ways to get rid of the data on the drives safely and completely.   

If you need help with this please call me.

ComputerGuyLA