How to Clean a Hard Drive to Sell

Selling your old hard drive can make you a few dollars over eBay or at a garage sale, but be careful that you do not accidentally end up selling your personal information along with it. Cleaning your hard drive prior to sale deletes the data contained therein, keeping your information safe from the prying eyes of the next owner. Accomplish this with the format command in your operating system.

Things You'll Need

• DOS boot disk

Instructions

1. Insert the boot disk into the computer. Restart the PC.

2. Press any key when prompted to boot from disk.

3. Type "format x:" where "x" is the letter of the drive being cleaned, and press "Enter."

4. Press "Y" to confirm.

References

• Computer Hope: Format