I want to sell my netbook and don't want others to know the information I have, what should I do?
I want to sell my netbook and as to buy a new HD windows still exists on an acer?
Because netbooks usually have a CD player and almost never come with a real Microsoft Windows installation CD, your options are limited.
1. replace the hard drive in the netbook with a new hard drive. It is obviously the safest, but because the new hard drive will not not any what operating system (or other) will lower probably seriously the amount someone is willing to pay you. If you bought a CD USB player and could find and buy a Windows XP installation CD (not easy not more and not cheap), you can reinstall Windows to make the netbook more saleable).
2. create a bootable USB key with Darik Boot and Nuke and wipe the hard drive safely. It is less expensive that the option 1 but does almost exactly the same (and has the same drawback).
3. use a safe "file shredder" such as Heidi Eraser or one of these: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22file+shredder%22 to safely erase files that you can identify (for example, everything in your "My Documents" folder) and then use whatever mechanism has been provided by the manufacturer of your netbook to "restore to factory conditions" (as condition of licence from Microsoft the manufacturer of your netbook is bound to have such a mechanism).
#3 is probably the most practical
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