My PC broke and I have some "bad stuff" on it. How do I destroy the files from my hard drive?

My method. Connect it to any other PC and use DBAN (see google.)

Open the case, take out the old hard drive, and physically destroy it. Buy a new clean hard drive and replace it.

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