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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2013, 08:30:57 am »
Quote from: bacillus on March 09, 2013, 10:27:40 pm
Quote from: Jussa on March 09, 2013, 10:14:53 pm
Where do you live, if u were local to me I'd sort it for you  :happy2:

You just want to see all those pics of Susanna Reid stored on his hdd don't you!   :laugh:

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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2013, 08:31:50 am »
Quote from: bacillus on March 09, 2013, 07:23:27 pm
I would say reformat the hdd and reinstall the original OS.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about someone getting your IP address from yopur laptop as that isn't stored on the hdd.

How do dat?  :confused: :confused:
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2013, 08:50:15 am »
Quote from: Mk5 GTian on March 10, 2013, 08:31:50 am
Quote from: bacillus on March 09, 2013, 07:23:27 pm
I would say reformat the hdd and reinstall the original OS.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about someone getting your IP address from yopur laptop as that isn't stored on the hdd.

How do dat?  :confused: :confused:

First off you'll need to find the "any" key
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2013, 10:24:48 am »
[Homer]Wheres the any key?[/Homer]

As said, you need a low level format that can fill the drive with 0/1s. 1 pass is enough to stop most people getting at files, several passes makes sure.

Usually it's enough to remove all the OS partitions and create from scratch. Depending on your laptop, caution should be made, as its likely the recovery partition is stored on the main disk.

I would personally, in your shoes with your limited knowledge, learn how to boot into the recovery partition and just install windows from scratch.
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2013, 10:46:35 am »
Have you tried switching it off and back on again?
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2013, 02:01:51 pm »

Oh fu*k it, I'm just gonna smash it up with my sledge hammer and chuck it in the skip! What a polava! 
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2013, 04:07:56 pm »
What operating system is it running. Do you have operating system or recovery disks?
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2013, 04:33:11 pm »
Quote from: Mk5 GTian on March 10, 2013, 02:01:51 pm

Oh fu*k it, I'm just gonna smash it up with my sledge hammer and chuck it in the skip! What a polava! 

Only kiddin' matey... grab a philips head screwdriver and whip out the HDD from the back of the lappy whilst its OFF, then sell it without, better than scrapping it. 

What spec is the laptop? To find this out Press the "Windows Key" and the "Pause Break key" to open System Properties.
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2013, 08:11:28 pm »

It's a Dell XPS M1330 in red with aluminium,

Intel Core 2 Duo
T8100@2.1Ghz
795 MHz, 1.99Gb of RAM

Whatever that means.... I know it was bloody expensive when I bought it!!
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2013, 08:29:39 pm »
Quote from: Mk5 GTian on March 10, 2013, 08:11:28 pm

It's a Dell XPS M1330 in red with aluminium,

Intel Core 2 Duo
T8100@2.1Ghz
795 MHz, 1.99Gb of RAM

Whatever that means.... I know it was bloody expensive when I bought it!!

It's a good (albeit old) machine mate.
Why don't you make it into a VCDS tool, that's what I did with my old Core2Duo lappy... it sits in the garage ready to play tunes and/or VCDS :smiley:
The XPS range are regarded as decent machinery - whip the HDD out and whack it on the Bay... it's free listing this weekend. :happy2:
Or send it to me before you put it in the bin!! :laugh:
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Re: Selling an old laptop - Any identity issues?
« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2013, 09:27:34 pm »
Quote from: camfollower on March 10, 2013, 08:29:39 pm
Quote from: Mk5 GTian on March 10, 2013, 08:11:28 pm

It's a Dell XPS M1330 in red with aluminium,

Intel Core 2 Duo
T8100@2.1Ghz
795 MHz, 1.99Gb of RAM

Whatever that means.... I know it was bloody expensive when I bought it!!

VCDS machine sounds good  :happy2:

It's a good (albeit old) machine mate.
Why don't you make it into a VCDS tool, that's what I did with my old Core2Duo lappy... it sits in the garage ready to play tunes and/or VCDS :smiley:
The XPS range are regarded as decent machinery - whip the HDD out and whack it on the Bay... it's free listing this weekend. :happy2:
Or send it to me before you put it in the bin!! :laugh:
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