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Reinstalling Vista OS=All Files Deleted?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by rockets934life, Jul 29, 2009.

  1. rockets934life

    rockets934life Member

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    I am selling my desktop and was going to reinstall Vista to delete all the files I had on it, just want to make sure this would happen or if not what else I should do. I dont want the buyer to be able to view any files I had personal or business...

    Help is appricated!
     
    #1 rockets934life, Jul 29, 2009
  2. Canadiandude

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    reinstalling Vista does not = all files deleted. http://www.softdd.com/no-file-recovery/
     
    #2 Canadiandude, Jul 29, 2009
  3. RKREBORN

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    FORMAT first, the reinstall. All files gone!
     
    #3 RKREBORN, Jul 29, 2009
  4. rockets934life

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    Running the program but taking a while...time frame you could give me? Il probably just fall asleep while it does its thing.
     
    #4 rockets934life, Jul 29, 2009
  5. Uprising

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    Format, or do a complete clean install.

    Or, do a system restore to bring it back to Factory settings.
     
    #5 Uprising, Jul 29, 2009
  6. Canadiandude

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    depends on your computer m8; I ran this prog on another pc and took a few hours :eek:
     
    #6 Canadiandude, Jul 29, 2009
  7. Chopped

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    there is no way to guarantee someone cannot recovery data from an hard drive. the fbi, csi, nsa all reset the hard drive to all 0's alteast 7 times to get a secure enough deletion.
     
    #7 Chopped, Jul 29, 2009
  8. Canadiandude

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    want more security? go through the steps from above, then create a back up, replace the hard drive, then restore back up on the new HDD :D
     
    #8 Canadiandude, Jul 29, 2009
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    :D That's what SHE SAID!

    Sorry I took a while with this TWSS, people; I was on the r****ded, virgin, 12-year-old, Faker fan thread having fun. :eek:
     
    #9 SwoLy-D, Jul 29, 2009
  10. TraJ

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    I would get something that wipes the disk clean and then reinstall Vista.

    If you do a clean install with Vista, it puts all of your old files in a "Windows (old)" file on the C: drive.
     
    #10 TraJ, Jul 31, 2009
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