My 5 year old laptop died.

The "r" and the "e" don't work, haven't for over a year. Then in April, one hinge broke; in August, the second went. So I had 2 pieces connected by 2 very fine wires.

Bought a new laptop, which I've been using almost 60 days. LOVE IT!

I've moved all the photos, Word and Excel documents off the old laptop, sent them to the recycle bin and emptied that. There is still a Quickbooks file on there.

My city collects old computers, I can take it and deliver it. I think there is a fee but that's fine.

My question is: what do I need to do before I ditch it? Reformat the hard drive?