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Need tips on preparing my computer for sale.?

I am selling my old desktop to the neighbour who is computer illiterate and wants to start off with a secondhand computer to learn from. I am not wiping the hard drive, as I don't have the skills or the Windows XP CD, Word, or other software I have bought, to reload onto it, So basically I have deleted my personal documents and uninstalled some programs that she wont need. I have left a heap of games, music and funny video clips on there for her to enjoy. My question is what else should I do. How do i check thoroughly for documents or photos that are hidden on the hard drive? What else can I do to remove my "finger prints", eg browsing history, and so on.

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1. Your best bet would be to have a pro go through it and remove all your personal data, and then use both CCleaner and any other cleaning application to wipe the free space. System mechanic works well. contact me if you need someone to do it. Http://www.crossloop.com/pc_doc <----contact me if you need more help!
2. If you want, you can try to restore the computer to it's factory setting. What's the name of your computer.