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You should always wipe your drives before giving away hardware, too. So, how do you wipe a hard drive clean while leaving the operating system intact?Īlways Securely Wipe Your Drives Before Selling

You need to securely wipe the hard drive to make sure no personal data traces remain. With the right tools, someone could recover your data. Simply deleting your personal files isn't enough, unfortunately. Picture this scenario: you're selling your computer, so you want to wipe all your personal data-but you also want to leave Windows intact.