The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    How to prep e1505 for sale?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nishijb, Oct 14, 2007.

  1. nishijb

    nishijb Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    37
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I have a Dell e1505 and would like to prep it for sale. Could someone tell me directions/software/forum that will tell me how to do this. I want to be sure that all of my info is erased from the laptop. It had windows xp (dell didn't include an original cd for xp) and I upgraded using a vista upgrade dvd (which I do have). What is the best way to do this? Thanks in advance!
    -Jacob
     
    nishijb, Oct 14, 2007
    #1
  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Buy a full version XP or Vista disk.
    Then put it in the optical drive & reboot you may have to change the boot order to boot from the optical drive first Then choose format not upgrade.
     
    Thomas, Oct 14, 2007
    #2
  3. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    140
    Messages:
    1,690
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    use you recovery disk

    if you realy paranoid about date use disk wipeing util
     
    andyasselin, Oct 14, 2007
    #3
  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

    Reputations:
    1,988
    Messages:
    5,253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    A recovery disk can not format an HDD andyasselin in can only restore think external System Restore.
     
    Thomas, Oct 14, 2007
    #4
  5. nishijb

    nishijb Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    37
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Since my laptop is licensed for a copy of xp (through the sticker on the bottom of my laptop) can I request a full version disk from Dell? Where else would I get a full version disk?
     
    nishijb, Oct 14, 2007
    #5
  6. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    4,062
    Messages:
    4,272
    Likes Received:
    96
    Trophy Points:
    116
    Cant you just use the image stored in the recovery partition? I thought it returned the computer to a factory state, deleting all information.
     
    booboo12, Oct 14, 2007
    #6
  7. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,557
    Messages:
    6,682
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    your info is never deleted unless you do a low level format, but even then, it is still recoverable :/
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 15, 2007
    #7
  8. redemtious

    redemtious Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Yes you can request a copy of the reinstall CDs usually they might charge about $25, just call customer service and give them the service tag number.

    But before you reinstall windows get a program to completely scrub the hard drive. For example: http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/drivecleanser/index.html
     
    redemtious, Oct 15, 2007
    #8
  9. frazell

    frazell Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    81
    Messages:
    895
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    To clean up the HD and clear out your PII use DBAN...

    http://dban.sourceforge.net/

    It will whipe EVERYTHING from your hard drive in a low level 3 run secure format. So there won't be any recovery partitions or anything like that present when it is done...

    You should be able to get CDs from Dell? I saw a link to order them on their site somewhere, but maybe you can call them and get the same results.

    Also, if your copy of Vista is an upgrade then it is directly tied to the license you upgraded. So you will have to sell that copy of Vista with the machine as you won't be licensed to use it on anything else.
     
    frazell, Oct 15, 2007
    #9