reformat or not

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

I have an old PC with Windows ME. I plan to donate it to an organization. I
have some financial information on the PC. Should I re-format the hard drive
or will my information be completely erased if I only delete it?

 

[Alias]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

Delete it and then do a defrag.

Alias

"Missing File" <MissingFile@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>I have an old PC with Windows ME. I plan to donate it to an organization. I
> have some financial information on the PC. Should I re-format the hard
> drive
> or will my information be completely erased if I only delete it?