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People tend to wipe their hard drives clean for two reasons: No. 1, to ensure a clean start and make the system as good as new (which allows for the reinstallation of programs) and No. 2, to remove all personal data in preparation of donating, selling, or recycling the computer.

Though there are a number of ways to handle the elimination of data from hard drives, I’ve found purchasing a cheap utility such as WipeDrive (http://tinyurl.com/33xqyf) or EraseYourHardDrive (http://eraseyourharddrive.com) to be the quickest and easiest solution. For people wishing to rid a hard drive of all personal data while keeping the operating system installed and intact, low-cost programs such as SecureClean (http://tinyurl.com/2kz5le) are quick, easy, and effective as well.