Formatting everything apart from an OS...
Hi folks,
I've had quick search through but I wanted some fairly specific advice.
I'm looking to buy a laptop in a few months and as i'm a poor student and to try and reduce the amount of stuff I have to cart round the country with me I'm planning on selling my desktop on eBay just before I upgrade.
I've been hearing a lot about the dangers of people getting their hands on your personal information and so was wondering if anyone could tell me their thoughts on the best way for me get rid of mine?
Is there any way I can delete all my files and information and keep the OS? I don't have an installation disk and I imagine the computer will be worth a lot more with Windows XP than without.
What are people's thoughts on just doing it manually? Ie. Deleting everything in My Documents and clearing all the Recent History info from my programs?
Thanks in advance