selling an old PC - safety tips

sunshinewelly · 16 Aug 2019 at 15:00

i want to sell a gaming pc. I buyer is interested. How do i protect myself from the buyer getting any p;d data from the drive

is it a case if a fresh install or do i need to go beyond that

Plec · 16 Aug 2019 at 15:06

DBAN will do the job.

sunshinewelly · 16 Aug 2019 at 15:35

cheers for that tip

chroniclard · 16 Aug 2019 at 15:36

Fresh windows install would be fine in the majority of cases

StarShock · 16 Aug 2019 at 15:48

If you're super paranoid about it you can just swap out the drive for a new one. Lots of businesses will just pull the drives out of any old PCs they get rid of.