# clearing laptop data

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**Created:** [December 8, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clearing-laptop-data/204312 "2009-12-08T12:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clearing-laptop-data/204312/9 "2009-12-10T09:59:52Z")

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> [@Fry != Addition? Fry = Replacement?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fry-addition-fry-replacement/41766/11):
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> Fair enough  
> I was just trying to help provide a more complete response than, “delete all your shit”. No reason to get huffy about it.

it’s all good. For 99.9% of people, “delete your shit” is more than adequate.

People hear about laptops getting stolen and deleted data being recovered and think that people are after their pic of little Johnny on his tricycle. If you have a government laptop or an HR computer with a ton of social security numbers then yea, you may need to do a little more.

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