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    Selling my Dell on Ebay

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by GimmeMyWingZ, Oct 1, 2006.

  1. GimmeMyWingZ

    GimmeMyWingZ Notebook Enthusiast

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    I want to try selling my broken Dell on Ebay. I damaged the screen and it is unviewable. However I did retrieve my info using an external monitor. I attempted to restore the hard drive but I can't get into Dos mode (not viewable during boot-up with the external). I would feel more comfortable selling it with the hard drive restored since I dont know what is on there that may be important or identity sensitive.
    Any ideas on how to restore it? I see the window log-in window and get into windows, but to restore it u gotta reboot and press one of the f keys, and everything else in Dos mode. The screen only activates once windows is booted.
     
    GimmeMyWingZ, Oct 1, 2006
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  2. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    You will probably get some more help in the hardware thread. That is why I moved it. :)
    Tim
     
    Tim, Oct 1, 2006
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