download a low-level format utility which will write all zeroes (0) to
the drive

Marilyn Wilson wrote:

> I have a friend who is giving his old computer away.  It has a lot of financial stuff on it that he wants to make sure it cannot be recovered.  Will reformatting the hard drive completely erase all files so there is no chance of recovery?
>
> Marilyn
>
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