Thanks or the response Bill. i had always assumed that reformating would pretty much do it, but I keep hearing people's concerns about someone getting info off their old computer. I hate to think any one would be so hard up as to get anything off my computer they thought they could use for something.
That's a big difference from wanting any one to get on my current computer and mess it up. Shoot, I mess it up enough myself. Sometimes I don't even have to do anything. Anne On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 07:43 PM, Bill Holt wrote: > 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>. > > Anne | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
