{"id":1027,"date":"2021-01-28T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2021-01-28T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:57:36","slug":"shredding-data-before-you-give-your-pc-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"Shredding data before you give your PC away&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"mailto:matthew.clark@bristol-computer-support.co.uk\">matthew.clark@bristol-computer-support.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your old PC was full of your data<\/strong>.\u00a0 Maybe you had all your family photos, a copy of your passport that you scanned in when you bought your flat?\u00a0 You might have an excel file with your pension details?\u00a0 List goes on.<\/p>\n<p>So when it comes round to getting a new laptop or desktop, you might want to give your old one away.\u00a0 A family member\/friend or perhaps a charity could benefit.\u00a0 <strong>You delete all your files &#8211; OR HAVE YOU?<\/strong>\u00a0 There are many methods of reading a drive and recovering the data.\u00a0 Only the criminals are really interested &#8211; but with some key information, they could make your life very complicated.\u00a0 It might even cost you some money.<\/p>\n<p>One service we offer is to move you from one PC to another.\u00a0 When you are happy that you have all your data &#8211; <strong>we can SHRED the remaining drive\/space so that nothing can be got back<\/strong>.\u00a0 If they scan your system &#8211; nothing, it&#8217;s been written over.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shredder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=Shredding+data+before+you+give+your+PC+away%E2%80%A6+http%3A%2F%2Fbristol-computer-support.co.uk%2Fbristolcomputersupportblog%2F%3Fp%3D1027\" title=\"Post to Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=Shredding+data+before+you+give+your+PC+away%E2%80%A6+http%3A%2F%2Fbristol-computer-support.co.uk%2Fbristolcomputersupportblog%2F%3Fp%3D1027\" title=\"Post to Twitter\">Tweet This Post<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>matthew.clark@bristol-computer-support.co.uk Your old PC was full of your data.\u00a0 Maybe you had all your family photos, a copy of your passport that you scanned in when you bought your flat?\u00a0 You might have an excel file with your pension details?\u00a0 &hellip; 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