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*MAFIA* => Help => Topic started by: *MAFIA* Vanilla on September 17, 2007, 11:09:12 AM

Title: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Vanilla on September 17, 2007, 11:09:12 AM

ok i am selling my laptop on ebay and i am going to leave windows xp on it. what is the fastest or is there a faster way of getting rid of my personal files and stuff. also is there a way to change the name of the computer?

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Beatlejuice on September 17, 2007, 11:24:51 AM

Just format the hard drive to get rid of your personal files.

Here's how to change computer name:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295017

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Vanilla on September 17, 2007, 11:54:15 AM

nah i was taking about who it is registered to. like if i left it as daddy its my step dads computer would they be able to get information on it.

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Capsloc on September 17, 2007, 02:15:54 PM

do you have a windows xp install disc? if you do just do a clean install and bam you are all set....

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Vanilla on September 17, 2007, 03:12:08 PM

nah i do'nt have it with me. i think it is at my house but i am not sure if it is.

Title: Re: question
Post by: MeZmoriZe on September 17, 2007, 04:46:23 PM

Replace the harddrive?

Title: Re: question
Post by: Loaded on September 17, 2007, 05:21:57 PM

http://www.whitecanyon.com/sell-computer-bundle.php

http://www.amicutilities.com/privacy-guard/?v=cleanyourcomputer

http://www.garagesalesource.com/articles/garage-sale-computers/

http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2309,8,10,1,0920,04.html

Point, nothing is safe even after a format, the best you can do is remove windows and then reinstall (or the best put in a cheap NEW HD) with a name of your choice or ask the buyer the name they would like on the computer with the new windows install.

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Vanilla on September 17, 2007, 06:27:26 PM

ok i found the product key and cd so i'll just wipe clean then reinstal thanks guys

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Scooby on September 17, 2007, 06:43:15 PM

Quote from: *MAFIA* Vanillathrilla on September 17, 2007, 06:27:26 PM

ok i found the product key and cd so i'll just wipe clean then reinstal thanks guys

just remember, the only safest way to make sure EVERYTHING is erased is to actually destroy, smash the harddrive. no joke.

there is a great chance that someone can recover some data that u though u might have erased.

good luck with the format and the selling

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Capsloc on September 17, 2007, 08:12:30 PM

meh, open up the hard drive, get some strong ass magnets, place it on the discs, and then scratch the disks, no more data lol, magnets will prob do the job themselves

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Hellraiser on September 17, 2007, 09:14:33 PM

First off you shouldn't be downloading freaking kiddie porn in the first place then you wouldn't have to worry about it.  There is nothing you can do to wipe the hard drive clear. 

Title: Re: question
Post by: *MAFIA* Vanilla on September 17, 2007, 09:26:47 PM

i am just talking about my school stuff and that jazz. i dont' care about anytyhing else. but i got it taken care of