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Posts: 1330 (11/07/2009 10:22 AM) |
I am selling my netbook and want to wipe out the hard drive. ( I think thats what I want ) I googled it, but I am so computer stupid. I was hoping someone
here can explain it to me like I'm a five year old
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Heather125 |
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Posts: 17573 (11/07/2009 10:23 AM) |
You have to put the Windows disc in and reformat and reinstall Windows.
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Posts: 3326 (11/07/2009 10:24 AM) |
And you need to do a complete install, not a quick install.
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HappyCori |
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Posts: 1332 (11/07/2009 10:29 AM) |
OK, this is where my lack of knowledge really shows. It came with the Operating System disk but the netbook doesnt have a cd thingy??
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Heather125 |
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Posts: 17574 (11/07/2009 10:34 AM) |
You pretty much need a CD to do the reformat.
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Posts: 1334 (11/07/2009 10:40 AM) |
thanks Heather, just read the manual that said I need an external optical drive to do this. I am just selling to a friend....so I am not too worried.
can I "clean" up the computer any other way. I already deleted cookies/internet files. Emptied the trash bin....is that enough? I love my friend but she is pretty snoopy. |
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Posts: 17575 (11/07/2009 10:44 AM) |
Oh, right. They don't have disc drives. Yeah, if I were you I'd just delete everything that's on it, delete internet history/cookies/internet
files, etc. I sold my laptop a few weeks ago and that's what I did!
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Posts: 2595 (11/07/2009 11:32 AM) |
You pretty much have to destroy the hard drive. Even if you do everything listed above, it's still there and can be found.
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