u kno how there r different ACCOUNTS you can LOG onto on windows xp. well, im gonna be giving my laptop to be repaired in about a months time, and was wondering, do the people there actually log onto YOUR account to do stuff? cos i have aproblem with my laptop fan, bt i also think theres a hardware problem too, as laptop doesnt seem to boot up properly. i have a password 2 get on2 my account, bt theres a guest account as well, so they wud go on2 that right? lol. not that i have nething 2 hide, bt think it wud be a bit rude if they went on2 my account. just a question
thank u Any computer technician worth his salt, GIVEN physical access to your computer, will be able to access any file on that computer. If you don't trust them, or your data is sensitive, either REMOVE it or use someone else.so say that u delete it, and then delete it from recycle bin, is it gone-gone forever? thanku It can be retrieved if someone were really interested. What are you - CIA? Do that and DEFRAGMENT the drive and you will be safe enough. I recommend putting the hard drive in the microwave for 20 minutes.

And fleeing the area.

Obviously it is best to use someone else's microwave for this purpose.

Someone you don't like very much.hehe, thanks u guys. bt dont kno wat defragment thingy is, will just do the recycle bin deleting, plus its not really anything. was just curious tbh, its just my uni work n essays, no fbi/cia stuff, no1 is interested in wat i have. hehe. thanks Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Cleanup and then Disk Defragmenter (right below it). That should make you safe. so will that delete EVERYTHING i have, cos i dont want that :-?Defragmenting deletes nothing, although it may overwrite files that have been deleted (from the file allocation table) but which are still magnetically present on the hard drive.Quote

Defragmenting deletes nothing, although it may overwrite files that have been deleted (from the file allocation table) but which are still magnetically present on the hard drive.