"Reset" my PC prior to selling

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Hi.I would like any advice on how to perform a "reset" of my PC before I sell
it.I would prefer not to do a restore as I have most patches and updates
downloaded as well as additional programmes.Are there specific things I
should do to clean it up?
 
I would recommend that you sysprep it and delete all the data files .
This should bring you back to a pre-sell state
 
diablo said:
Hi.I would like any advice on how to perform a "reset" of my PC before
I sell it.I would prefer not to do a restore as I have most patches
and updates downloaded as well as additional programmes.Are there
specific things I should do to clean it up?
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When you sell a computer with a Microsoft operating system and some
programs installed, you need to provide the buyer with the CD's for the
OS and those programs. The way to prepare a computer for resale is to
either wipe the hard drive with something Darik's Boot and Nuke and
then format/clean install the operating system. Unless you do this,
there will always be information about you on the hard drive.

Malke
 
You should also use a "shredder" program to clean the hard drive of any
traces of deleted files.

BC Wipe and Shred2 are a couple of good programs to do this.
 
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