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If you are going to reinstall the OS, simply Reformat the hard drive. If however you are going to dispose of the hard drive, then drill 3 holes in the hard drive to permanently destroy it. If you are going to sell the hard drive there are programs you can download that will completely erase the hard drive. At least they claim to. If it were my hard drive and I had sensitive data on it, I would not sell it under any circumstances. There are ways to get data off any hard drive unless it has been destroyed.

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