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    Dell laptop replacement, do they look at harddrive documents?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by XMaggotHeadX, Apr 29, 2011.

  1. XMaggotHeadX

    XMaggotHeadX Newbie

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    Hey,

    Ok I am having my Dell XPS 15 collected by DELL sometime next week as it has a bunch of problems. However, on my machine I have some games which my friend gave me that I'm pretty sure are illegal now that I think about it.

    I have bought most of my games on my PC, but I just have the games he gave me just in case i'm reaallly bored.

    The thing is, I dont want to get rid of the games...just because..will DELL take a look into my Harddrive at the files I have? What if I password protect or hide files?

    Thanks,

    XMaggotHeadX
     
    XMaggotHeadX, Apr 29, 2011
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  2. SpoogleDrummer

    SpoogleDrummer Notebook Enthusiast

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    You need to back up all files that you don't want to lose as you can't be sure you'll get that hard drive back or they may even re-image it wiping everything out.
     
    SpoogleDrummer, May 1, 2011
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