Thread: Wipe a computer clean of my internet activity?

He didn't say that he was getting rid of it.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

He didn't say that he was getting rid of it.

Originally Posted by dragonoverlord

Im getting rid of a computer...

...?

if all you want to do is erase your browsing history, do what Jdeadevil said

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

If you have Firefox: Go to Tools - Clear Private Data
If you have Internet Explorer Go to Tools - Internet Options - Browsing History - Delete - Delete All

Then run Disk Cleanup and put a tick on all the boxes.

this will leave you with a fully operational system
(if you intend to give the machine to someone else)

It will still be possible to retrieve this information
(difficult, but not impossible)
but for all intents and purposes, unless your giving the machine to a Comp.Sci. student, your browsing history is gone

If you want to fully destroy all information on your disk
(leaving you with a non-operational "blank slate")
follow Identity X

This will leave you with absolutely nothing
and you will need to install an operating system in order to use the machine

Originally Posted by Ynot

This will leave you with absolutely nothing
and you will need to install an operating system in order to use the machine

Originally Posted by dragonoverlord

Im getting rid of a computer...

Am I the only one who read the first sentence? Christ.

"Im getting rid of a computer"
could mean anything, from "throwing it in the bin, never to be used again", to "giving it to my aunt and buying myself a new one"

Originally Posted by Ynot

""giving it to my aunt and buying myself a new one"

BINGO...sort of. Thanks for the great answers guys!

Originally Posted by Ynot

"giving it to my aunt and buying myself a new one"

I'm sure his "aunt" probably has a *nix live disk lying around. =P

Originally Posted by Identity X

...?

Oh, well it was only the first thing that he said, how was I supposed to read that far

The best way to remove that stuff from your hard drive if you're getting rid of it is with Microsoft's Hard Drive Deleter:

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Oh, well it was only the first thing that he said, how was I supposed to read that far

The best way to remove that stuff from your hard drive if you're getting rid of it is with Microsoft's Hard Drive Deleter:

U stole that pic from me!!

ok go into open your internet browser

then in the top left or the screen it should say "file edit view favorites tools help" clik on tools.

a menu should drop down, a the bottom of that menu it shood say internet options.

clik on internet options a box should apear dwon the bottom of the box it says history.
click on clear history and it should all be gone

If you want to spend a lot of money then you could buy and install Vista. That should break it beyond repair and no one would be able to read your stuff.

i doubt your Aunt is going to be techy enough to find your browsing history after you've got rid of it by doing the whole tool, private data thing that's been mentioned.