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 I "inherited" a PC from one of my granddaughters a few years ago. Recently I got another one from one of my grandsons. At issue here is the fact that we might not be aware of just how personal our computers are. In both cases the computers came with all of their footprints still installed on them. I then had the enviable task of going through all of their files to decide what I should keep that was necessary to the proper operation of the computer. Now, my tastes in music is decidely worlds away from those of most young people of their generation I'll admit, but can you imagine having to go through hundreds of music files(some with explicit lyrics), while trying to make sure that you don't delete the wrong things? I may never understand why those young people listen to what they listen to, but just the titles of some of the songs was enough to make me blush.  It has been a lengthy process, but I think I've finally gotten rid of all the junk - and freed up quite a bit of space on my hard drive. If this wasn't such a nice computer I probably would not have gone through the ordeal. So, have you ever inherited a computer that came with loads of stuff you just didn't want to keep?
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1.  lilmamato2 (123) | 7 months ago |  Yeah - I sometimes buy PC's from people so that they can be refurbished for people who may not have enough money to buy a "new" computer. The things people leave behind from music to pictures. I just format the computer so that nothing is left and rebuild it like I want, that way no one has to see what someone else left behind.
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2.  harryt123 (326) | 7 months ago |  I have actually gotten a used computer from someone in return to me helping fix their laptop. It wasn't a top of the line computer but it was something that worked pretty well. They just didn't need it and had it laying around so I decided that I could make use with it. There was quite a few files on there that I think would have been a good idea for them to go through and delete before giving me the computer. Other than that I would do what I would suggest to you in this situation is to reformat the computer and start from scratch. Add the programs that you like and also the music that you want to listen to. This way you wouldn't spend the time to go through and deleting music but if in this case there was files that you wanted to keep that is an entirely different story. A possibility would be to backup the files that you indeed to want and to format the computer.
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3.  winterose (17627) | 7 months ago |  nope, because my son takes care of all of that and he always had several hard drives and different things on different hard drives.
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| worldwise1 (6099) | 7 months ago | You are very lucky, winterose, to have someone knowledgeable about computers! | |
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4.  Aurone (2551) | 7 months ago |  Nope, I bought both of my now ancient computers new. People don't realize just how much personal information is left on a computer. If you don't erase and re-write your hard drive properly it can save personal identity information that can be stolen by someone else.
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