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You can find a good free program to securely erase your hard drive <a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Eraser\/3000-2092_4-10231814.html?tag=mncol;1\">HERE.<\/a><br \/>\nOh, and before you erase everything&#8230;be sure to make a backup of any files you want to transfer to your new computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve just bought a new computer and are thinking of selling off your old one&#8230;here are a couple of things you need to do first. Simply deleting files and folders isn&#8217;t enough if you don&#8217;t want to share andy personal information stored on that computer with the new owner. 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