Anne, Unless you have something _really_ sensitive on the drive, a regular reformat would do. Sure, some of the documents can be recovered by a determined person with the right tools, but it's a lot of trouble. As the drive is used, the files become progressively less recoverable.
If your documents are really sensitive - say, issues of national security - do a low level reformat. This kind of reformat takes longer, but the boys in black helicopters are the only ones likely to be able to recover anything. Of course, they probably sneak into your house and copy all of your files every night anyway, so ... Bill Holt ---------- >From: Anne Cartwright <cartwrig at aye.net> >To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >Subject: Re: MacGroup: Specials for LCS members >Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2003, 8:56 AM > > But I'm not ready to get rid of an OS X capable Mac. What do I use to > scrub my old Mac running OS 8.0? > > Anne > > On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 03:50 PM, Brian O'Neal wrote: >> >> 3] - SuperScrubber >> ....................... >> >> Getting rid of an old computer? You know it's smart to shred paper >> documents, but what about a computer that's filled with electronic >> documents? Deleting files, emptying the trash, or even reformatting >> your >> hard drive doesn't really erase the files. SuperScrubber does. Protect >> your >> email, financial figures, client correspondence, address book, student >> records, business plans, medical records, graphics, and more. Use >> SuperScrubber to permanently erase all the files and data on your hard >> drive >> or partition. Make SuperScrubber a part of your personal and business >> security plans. It's easy to use, it's bargain priced, it's the smart >> thing >> to do. >> >> Retail Price: $29.99 (US), MUG Discount: 20% > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
