Recent content by tyranthoth

There is a difference between factory reset and secure wipe. Factory reset only marks your data as space that can be written over a secure wipe will write 1,0 over all the data; 1 tb with decent software should only take about 4 hours. Its forth the free software to load on to usb set it to wipe...

I won't argue with personal experience. However you do it, I recommend doing a secure wipe and it is used so start at 650 if someone offer lower it won't hurt much and it's worth 600-650 with extras

First you will need to perform a secure wipe, there are a lot of programs out there to do this. Reload the OS, install all standard driver/OS updates. Your good to go. One suggestion for traditional HDD secure wiping: http://www.pcworld.com/article/232658/dariks_boot_and_nuke_dban.html