Depends on what you mean by system restore, if its the kind that involves formatting your harddrive and reloading the OS, then that is your safest bet.
Using system restore and restore points through the System Tools menu will do nothing for you.
Forgoing a complete formatting and OS reload you would obviously first delete the files and programs you know about that you would not want them to be privy too, then do a complete clean with CCleaner (go through all tabs and check every box before running). Next I would run a system file search for known file types you might not want passed on using wildcard searches like *.jpg for pics or *.avi for movies, delete anything it finds. Last thing I would do is download R-Wipe and Clean, this program will write over, then erase free space on your harddrive preventing someone from recovering deleted files off your harddrive with simple consumer products such as Recuva.
Having said all that, the easiest thing to do if you have a system restore disk, restore partition or OEM OS disks is format and reinstall the OS... that gives you greater peace of mind and saves alot of steps.
Depends on what you mean by system restore, if its the kind that involves formatting your harddrive and reloading the OS, then that is your safest bet.
Using system restore and restore points through the System Tools menu will do nothing for you.
Forgoing a complete formatting and OS reload you would obviously first delete the files and programs you know about that you would not want them to be privy too, then do a complete clean with CCleaner (go through all tabs and check every box before running). Next I would run a system file search for known file types you might not want passed on using wildcard searches like *.jpg for pics or *.avi for movies, delete anything it finds. Last thing I would do is download R-Wipe and Clean, this program will write over, then erase free space on your harddrive preventing someone from recovering deleted files off your harddrive with simple consumer products such as Recuva.
Having said all that, the easiest thing to do if you have a system restore disk, restore partition or OEM OS disks is format and reinstall the OS... that gives you greater peace of mind and saves alot of steps.
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