But he said he was "Throwing out old computer" in the subject line.
Therefore, to be very sure, literally destroying the drive is the best way.
Even drive erasers that you recommend, are not full proof.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote in message
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I would suggest downloading the free 30 day trial version
of Iolo's excellent DriveScrubber and using it:
http://www.iolo.com/ds/index.c*fm

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"najal" wrote:

| Which is the best way to eliminate everything from the hard drive of my
old
| computer?