keyboard is not recognized, HELP!

[Linkdeb]

I am trying to donate old computer (HP pavilion 6640C) to the salvation army. But first, I want to wipe all my personal info off computer. I took my new keyboard from my new Dell computer and using a usb connector, hooked new keyboard to old computer.

The problem is the old computer keeps telling me there is a keyboard error. I must press F1 or F2 to resume. I can't do either because the keyboard is not being recognized. So I can't move forward to do anything.

Please help!

[patio]

Just pull the HDD and donate it as is...
I never even after wiping give any of my drives away.

But if you want to do this properly you may need a PS2 keyboard.
The other option is to just boot to any Windows CD and select delete partition in the setup process...this will wipe any data although not completely if not done 7 times.