njb200

Thanks for the advice, I'll do the hp recovery and wipefree space and get the hard drive pulled out. Wonder if soaking the hard drive in bleach works, I'm being silly. Windex soak I hear fixes everything, have you watched the movie "my big fat greek wedding" lol. I really do appreciate all the help you've given me here. Thank you.

I hate to tell you this, but you're dealing with a pc dummy. I don't know how to mount a drive or anything about dban, lol (I could google and figure it out but then again I might screw it up too). With that being said, I already ran the "wipe freespace only" on my C drive. I will do the HP recovery from the D drive since that's the only option I know and let it install a clean copy. Would that be enough? I plan on sending this pc to a recycle center.

I am trying to wipe the entire drive of my old pc, and under drive wiper when I choose the option "wipe" "entire drive" with complex security, it won't let me choose the C:Drive. It will let me choose the D drive which on this HP is the factory Image. Anyone have any suggestions or do I need to do something else in order for the C drive to be highlighted so I can wipe the entire drive. I already ran the wipe "free space only" option on the C and the D drives.