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| Thread ID: 111820 | 2010-08-12 22:01:00 | Wiping a laptop before selling it | gavino (15933) | Press F1 |
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| 1127322 | 2010-08-13 01:41:00 | That's crazy in this day and age of cyber crime!? I'd rather not sell it and let it gather dust. |
gavino (15933) | ||
| 1127323 | 2010-08-13 03:08:00 | But not everybody whos buys laptops off trademe is out to steal the identity of the buyer Take the hard drive out and sell it without one. It is the only way to make sure. (nuke the site from orbit :)) |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1127324 | 2010-08-13 03:13:00 | Anyone who sells a laptop without making sure it's been wiped clean clearly has no idea of the dangers of the world we live in. Crims don't need to whack you with a baseball bat anymore to steal your credit cards. (Took me a while but Aliens!) |
gavino (15933) | ||
| 1127325 | 2010-08-13 03:18:00 | Haha nice one Yeah, and if you dont need the money then keep it, let it gather dust. |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1127326 | 2010-08-13 03:19:00 | Do you have the install CDs that came with the laptop? If yes that use that particular program and wipe the whole drive, after that, just reinstall the OS and other drivers, if you dont have the install CDs than just create another admin account and, log into that and just delete your profile folder. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1127327 | 2010-08-13 03:27:00 | I'm mainly talking about an notebook that has no CD drive at all. | gavino (15933) | ||
| 1127328 | 2010-08-13 03:42:00 | Remeove the hard drive and put it through a shredder or knock the sh** out of it with a sledge hammer. Then you will know that your data is safe. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1127329 | 2010-08-13 03:45:00 | I'm mainly talking about an notebook that has no CD drive at all. when you start the netbook up, does it tell you to press a special key to access installation or a recovery thingy? that can be your CD built into the hard drive. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1127330 | 2010-08-13 03:50:00 | I'm mainly talking about an notebook that has no CD drive at all . Sounds like a netbook . There are programs that offer a "secure delete" option which overwrites your data multiple times when deleting personal files but I'm not sure how they handle internet cache or saved passwords for MS apps such as Internet Explorer . If Firefox or Opera is installed you can secure delete the files which will take care of the saved passwords and internet cache in them . System Info ( . com/SIW_System_Info_d4387 . html" target="_blank">majorgeeks . com) is a good program that will let you know what passwords and other "secrets" are viewable on your system so that you will be able to see if they have been cleaned out or not . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1127331 | 2010-08-13 03:56:00 | What about something like this: www.pcworld.com |
PPp (9511) | ||
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