There are programs, like the free version of CCleaner, that will zero out the empty spaces on your hard drive.
I too am preparing to get rid of a Netbook running Windows XP and that's what I'm doing to it. Robin > On July 23, 2019 at 10:07 PM CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com> wrote: > > Just realize that deleting everything from your computer does NOT wipe > your computer clean! You need to drive a nail (literally) through the hard > drive. Everything can be recovered unless it it literally destroyed! > > > > CE > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf > of David Cripps <cripps_...@iinet.net.au> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 9:39 PM > To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Uninstalling an older version of Legacy > > Hello Cathy, > > Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 2:31:45 PM, you wrote: > > > David, > > Try a Clean Uninstall. > > Go to the Program Files (x86) for Legacy > > Find RemoveLegacy.exe > > Right click and run as administrator. > > That should remove Legacy completely apart from your data files. It > > removes settings and removes all references to it in the Registry. > > For instructions with pics see > > http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00926 > > Thanks Cathy, > > That worked a treat. > > I think this laptop will hit the trash before my flight back > home<grin>. > > Thanks for the great advice, and hope it helps others too. > > > Thanks - Dave Cripps in Tasmania > > > > -- > Best Wishes, > David Cripps <cripps_...@iinet.net.au> > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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