Is there a good file shredder for Dummies?

Desktop computer with sp1 (64-bit), Windows 7:

A domestic, pretty good user on Windows, I'm not talking about techie. What is cheaper, simpler and safer tool for the systematic destruction of the contents of the trash and clean the free space of hard disk? File Shredder would be perfect but apparently is deprecated and does not work in Win7. Any other ideas? Could handle C cleaner without doing damage? (I know better than to use a registry cleaner).

Also:

Desktop Dell Dimension 2350 with Win XP Home sp3:

What is the easiest rudimentary way for me to erase the hard drive before recycling this office? Danik Boot and Nuke sounds too advanced.

Hi, Tommy.

Sorry, but I don't know anything about the ISO files. What I found on the web said I would need to buy the software to use an and needs real BACK. I have only windows "DOS". Where I'd get an ISO, anyway? DBAN come with any operating instructions?

I am also not clear how to deal with the computer once I have scratched Windows. I beginning to think that I am either going to have to pay for help with this or just keep the old PC. You see, I received training in days BACK, but I am 100% self-taught over the past 10 years on Windows, so there are strange gaps in my knowledge.

I appreciate your help, however. I think I'll download and try the eraser.

File crushers (gum, CCleaner, etc.) are good if you know everything that you want to delete off the machine.  In case you get rid of the machine and want to be sure there is no record of you have left on it-, you need to use something like DBAN.

So, quick tutorial.

-Stop overthinking.  You started to mention BACK and others when DBAN is stand-alone, all-in-one, everything that you need in a single package, if you get the ISO file, burn this CD image on a CD/DVD, boot with it and go through the menus dead-simple.  So, you know that everything has disappeared.

DBAN essentially writes zeros to each part of your disc several times.  He makes sure * anything * you there are more (Windows and applications included.)

It comes in an ISO format, or a picture of a CD which - in this case - should be changed from this image on a real CD again.

Own FAQ of DBAN page shows you how to create a real CD bootable using some free software and to download:
http://www.DBAN.org/FAQ/burning

In general, you get a utility that allows you to burn ISO to CD images (they recommend CDBurnerXP, I like ISORecorder) and download you the ISO of DBAN: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/dban/dban-2.2.6/dban-2.2.6_i586.iso/download and save it, then use a blank CD - R, your CD/DVD burner drive and the program you have chosen to change this ISO image to a CD real by the statement for this program.  Usually nothing more than a click or two or even a choice of menu right-click on the ISO file.

Once you have the CD created, you start with it.  To do this with your Dell, it's easy.  Put the CD in the drive and close it.  Turn off the computer.  Turn on the computer and immediately start tapping the "F12" key slowly - and once per second - nice and even, until a menu appears asking you what you want to boot from.  Choose your CD/DVD drive and watch the start.  Choose the right choice in the menus.  Or the other methods 'DoD' should be more than enough and choose some readers it lists to make sure that all that.  Then you go and you wait.  When it's done, you don't probably get almost anything on this drive.

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