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How do I reformat my desktop to make a fresh start?

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Hallo, I want to give away my old desktop PC. Before doing that I want to clear up everything installed on it. I've been told I can do this by reformatting the PC. How do I go about this. Many thanks in advance for any help. For infos sake - I'm not a tech savvy person, need step by step instructions. vaswolter

Hallo, I want to give away my old desktop PC. Before doing that I want to clear up everything installed on it. I've been told I can do this by reformatting the PC. How do I go about this. Many thanks in advance for any help. For infos sake - I'm not a tech savvy person, need step by step instructions. vaswolter

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Sorry, its not related to Firefox...

If your taking about your Firefox Bookmarks, passwords and etc..

Try with

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Sorry, its not related to Firefox...

If your taking about your Firefox Bookmarks, passwords and etc..

Try with

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There are programs that claim to securely erase your hard drive so that the information cannot be resurrected, but the one I've used is a command-line program that's hard to explain.

Could I suggest a different forum? http://windowssecrets.com/forums/

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Hallo iamjayakumars - I know it's not Firefox related but I didn't where else to go. Thanks anyway. Hi jscher2000 - thank you too. Sorry, but the whole thing is too difficult for me to follow. vaswolter

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Thanks a lot. I see I'll need someone's personal help to understand all this. I hope to get this someone to come by soon. Best wishes