Quote from: ThisUsernameIsTaken on May 16, 2013, 03:05 pm$125 for a brand new 1 TB Hard drive. List all the programs you need to reinstall, get the license/disc/downloads figured out. Then just remove the hard drive, insert new one, and start fresh. Once you are confident you got everything you needed without traces of tor, drill a few holes in the old HD, burn it, soak it, then watch your garbage man dump someone's trash in a different neighborhood into the truck with your HD and drive away. I know everyone likes format, defrag, etc etc, but $125 for a new drive that most certainly won't have traces of your old data gave me a piece of mind. Why soak it? Water has no effect on disks? Unless you're talking hydrofluoric acid which would be very interesting to watch...But yeah, I'm with this, new hard drives don't cost much, can be bought in cash at your local store and drilling a few holes is a good idea, but still erase the thing (NOT REFORMAT, ERASE). Remember you can still encrypt your hard drive now and then do an erasure if you are really paranoid and have the time to do so.