Judith, There are several free hard drive eraser apps available and most of them will do what you and your friend wants. The link below is for one such program called "CBL Data Shredder". http://www.cbltech.com/data-recovery/software/data-shredder.html Peace, GMan "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith/agoodread.com" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 6:10 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Erase hard drive > I'm not wanting to do this but a friend is and I would love to > give her the instructions. > > Besides when I get a new computer, I will want to know how to do > this on the one I'll give away. > > > Judith --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------