Question: How do I delete all the content of my hard drive without actually destroying it? I'm selling an old P4 desktop and I want to delete the entire content of my hard drive AND make all information unrecoverable. I know a few ways to destroy the hard drive with software but I was hoping to keep the HDD intact since my buyer wants a fully operational computer. Any suggestions. \nP.S.- I have the XP reinstall disk which reformats the HDD.

Answer: you have all the things you need...\n\nyou would have to re-install windows from the boot menu...\nwhen you restart ur pc w/ the win xp cd in already.. u are usually asked to hit a button to boot from the cd..\n\nafter that follow the directions until it shows you the drives menu..\n\nfrom there will say something like - delete partitions and then it will format your hard drive... it will delete absolutely EVERYTHING\n\nafter that it will finish installing windows.. \nbut make sure you pressed L or some other letter on the menu to delete the partiion..
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