I am quite sick of a Win7 limited edition that was pre-installed on my Acer Aspire One 533. I want to have Ubuntu as the only OS on this little thing.

I have tested Ubuntu on a pretty unstable system and I am simply in love with it, despite the fact that I am still on the learning path.

So my questions is how do I format/erase all previous info, including windows files? I am interested in a real cleanup of the drives rather than just a re-partitioning, because I travel every now and then and I want to prevent any personal data remaining on the drives for anyone with recovery knowledge to sniff through.

Thanks in advance for your input and advice.

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