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by Shirly Chen, updated on 2018-06-20 to Erase Data

'Hi, I am planning to sell an old HP computer. I have been used this computer for 3 years. There are thousands of files stored into this computer. I have formatted the hard drive on the HP computer. But, after running a data recovery scan, the files still can be found. I can’t accept this. Is there any way to permanently wipe all data on my hard drive, no chance for data recovery?' – Marie

How to permanently wipe all data from HP computer before you sell it? Don’t worry. There are some data erasure programs can help you permanently wipe data from HP computer. In this article, we will show you how to permanently and quickly wipe all data from HP computer before you sell it.

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Now that you have learned what items are occupying your memory space and cluttering your PC, this section will tell you how you can clean up your computer running Windows 10. There are a number of methods you can use to clean up your machine and the following are eight of those methods for you. Clean up Windows 10 – Delete Internet. In general, you have three different options for clearing your RAM manually: Empty the working memory via the task manager of your system Write a script that releases used memory Use an external tool that has a function for emptying RAM memory. Right click the Windows task bar and select Task Manager. Click on the Processes tab. Sort the processes by Memory and look for programs at the top of the list that you don’t recognize. If you spot any problem applications, go into the Control Panel, click on Programs and Features, and uninstall those problem applications.

In this article, we would like to recommend you to try reliable HP computer data erasure software – DoYourData Super Eraser to erase your data before you sell the HP computer. It offers certified data erasure standards, including: HMG Infosec, U.S. Army, DoD 5220, Peter Gutmann's algorithm, etc. So, it is 100% data eraser to help you wipe all your data.

HP computer data erasure software will securely erase your data without causing any damage. Before you sell/donate your HP computer, it can quickly wipe all your data. It also can help you wipe data from USB flash drive, memory card, digital camera, external hard drive, etc.

Three ways to permanently wipe all data before selling HP computer

You maybe only want to permanently erase some files, or want to wipe hard drive to erase all data. Don’t worry, HP computer data erasure software offers flexible solutions to help you permanently erase data depending on your needs.

Mode 1: Permanently erase files/folders from HP computer.

If you only want to shred some files/folders from HP computer, this mode can help you erase targeted files/folders. Just add and select the files/folders, then click on 'Erase Now' button to destroy the selected files/folders.


Mode 2: Wipe hard drive on HP computer.

This mode can help you erase entire HP hard drive to permanently erase all data information on this hard drive.

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Mode 3: Permanently erase already deleted/formatted data.

The deleted/lost data is still on the hard drive – stored on the free disk space of the hard drive. This mode can help you wipe free disk space of hard drive to permanently erase already deleted/lost data on HP computer.


This is how to use HP computer data erasure software to permanently wipe all data before selling HP computer. Once the data is erased by HP computer data erasure software, the data is gone forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software. So, please back up your important data to another computer/disk before you use it to wipe your HP computer.

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Frustrated of having slow PC speed even with large RAM capacity? RAM is the biggest factor making your PC slow. Here in this tutorial we are primarily focussing on cleaning your RAM and some tips to improve your PC speed. Beside this we are going to put little focus on how RAM affects your Windows PC performance.

Why RAM slow down your PC?

RAM basically deals all the applications running on your PC weather on the screen or behind the screen. RAM stores the data you have on your PC if says in simple language, it performs all the tasks and calculation running on your PC. So my performing all these functions, RAM unable to focus on particular things and this is the reason the work you are doing, RAM is not performing well and slow down the PC speed. Now the question may arises how to know RAM is responsible for your slow Windows? Let us check this also.

How we know RAM is slowing down our PC?

There are different ways by which you can guess that your RAM is full.
  • Applications running slow: This is the first clue you get once you see the application running slow when you start.
  • Application crash: Sometimes applications are not performing according to what they perform and showing erratic behaviour.
  • Warnings: There are warnings when you open application, pop-up box appears showing Not enough RAM, either extend or delete data. It means your RAM is full and you have to remove data from it or manage it.

Let us start how you can easily speed up your PC by cleaning your RAM from Windows PC.

Clean Windows PC RAM and Speed up Performance

There are many ways for clearing your Windows PC RAM, here we are suggesting you some of the best ways.

1.End unnecessary running programmes

There are many apps that are unnecessary running and consume lot of CPU power, stop all these tasks.

  • Open Task Manager with Ctrl + Alt + Del keys.
  • Go to Task Manager, open Processes tab and the list displaying all your running tasks.
  • Here you see the usage according to CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network. Choose the tasks consuming high CPU percentage and click End Task.

You can select many tasks that are unnecessary running and after this, your CPU consumption becomes less and definitely the performance of your computer improves.

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2. Uninstall the Apps/ Programmes

There are many app/ programmes that are installed in your PC that no longer required by you or you are not using them frequently. Uninstall all the unnecessary apps to free up your storage.
  • Open Start menu and choose Settings.
  • On the Settings menu, tap on System.
  • Tap on Apps & features on the left side menu.
  • Tap on the application and choose Uninstall option.

You can uninstall as many applications as you want. And the storage capacity increases and ultimately RAM which improves your PC speed.

3. Uninstall browser extensions

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Extensions on your browser always help in performing your work efficiently but unnecessary extensions put a huge load on RAM and thus making your browser functions slow. Uninstall all the useless extensions and we have seprate topic for the best extensions that you must have in all different categories. Please check it out and only install those which really helps your daily routine work.

4. Close Unnessary applications

When you start your computer, many applications/ programmes automatically opened and start running. Close all the programmes. This will definitely improve your PC performance and quick loading in computer startup.

To disable automatic start up of programme follow below steps.

  • Press Win+r and type below command in the field and press Enter key.

%AppData%RoamingMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup

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  • Right-click on the programme that to don’t need to launch and select Delete option.

5. Use RAM cleaning software

The software is always the best option which I personally prefer and recommend to our readers. Decent software available are paid but worth. They intelligently clean the RAM any improves your PC performance. MacPaw CleanMyPC is really amazing software in this category and offers lot more than we expect. Let us check how effectively we use CleanMyPC to clear RAM.
This application allows you to check Autorun apps, extensions, Registry maintenance, and many other features.
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  • Download CleanMyPC and install it on your PC.
  • Launch it after successful installation.
  • Tap on Extensions check out the unnecessary extensions and remove them.
  • Also, go to Autorun to check the applications or programmes running automatically on startup of your computer. Disable them from the button.

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You can also clear all your cache, duplicate files that unnecessary consumes your storage. It really improves your PC performance.

For the readers who are looking for free alternatives, EaseUS Partition Master is a good choice. This software helps to remove useless programmes from PC in easy way and improves Windows PC performance.

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