Securely giveaway old XP machine?

Bengt S · 14. Dec 2010, 10:05 PM

It's time for me to leave my old XP desktop for a new Win 7 machine. I want to be reasonably sure that no old data can be recovered. I plan to do the following.

a. Using my newly created USBD4Win CD, I will wipe (and format) my C disk with the help of Disk Wipe.

b. I will then install XP SP3 from a slipstreamed CD built from my original XP SP2 CD. (I will not update XP any further, since I don't want to connect to Internet from this machine anymore.)

Will this work? Grateful for a verdict!

Bengt S

J_L · 15. Dec 2010, 12:21 AM

Should be enough after you zero the disk, no need for more than one pass.

Bengt S · 15. Dec 2010, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.L.

... no need for more than one pass.

Thank you J.L. I thought that more than one pass would be required, but I guess that starting with Wipe Disk's quick formatting, followed by a disk wipe and then installing XP will leave little to recover.

14. Dec 2010, 10:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bengt S Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 69	Securely giveaway old XP machine? It's time for me to leave my old XP desktop for a new Win 7 machine. I want to be reasonably sure that no old data can be recovered. I plan to do the following. a. Using my newly created USBD4Win CD, I will wipe (and format) my C disk with the help of Disk Wipe. b. I will then install XP SP3 from a slipstreamed CD built from my original XP SP2 CD. (I will not update XP any further, since I don't want to connect to Internet from this machine anymore.) Will this work? Grateful for a verdict! Bengt S

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15. Dec 2010, 12:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	Should be enough after you zero the disk, no need for more than one pass.