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David M · 04-28-2013, 10:03 AM

Agreed. Once an OS is no longer supported this means they are no longer writing patches that take care of vulnerabilities that the bad guys could exploit. That is a definite downside to staying with XP.

CC will basically only wipe junk in a number folders that you don't necessarily need. It will not wipe your entire drive, which you want if you are going to be handing your computer over to someone. Use Darrik's Boot and Nuke to zero out your hard drive. It's free and works very well. Select the option that make a few passes of your entire hard drive for the best security.

You will need to burn a boot disk, but its really easy with DBAN.

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04-28-2013, 10:03 AM	#5
David M Techphile. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Posts: 6,546	Agreed. Once an OS is no longer supported this means they are no longer writing patches that take care of vulnerabilities that the bad guys could exploit. That is a definite downside to staying with XP. CC will basically only wipe junk in a number folders that you don't necessarily need. It will not wipe your entire drive, which you want if you are going to be handing your computer over to someone. Use Darrik's Boot and Nuke to zero out your hard drive. It's free and works very well. Select the option that make a few passes of your entire hard drive for the best security. You will need to burn a boot disk, but its really easy with DBAN. Darik's Boot And Nuke \| Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing __________________ Asus P8P67 WS Revolution \| Intel 2600K @ 4.7 GHz \| Win 7 Pro 64 \|8 gigs Corsair 1600 \| Two Diamond 6990's in Crossfire\| Corsair AX1200 \| Thermalright Silver Arrow \| Western Digital Black 2TB 64 meg cache \| Lian-Li PC-A71B \| Logitec Z-5500 \| Three Asus 26" VW266H monitors running under Eyefinity \| Last edited by David M; 04-28-2013 at 10:21 AM.