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    Selling my laptop (recovery CDs?)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by LooieENG, Jan 8, 2012.

  1. LooieENG

    LooieENG Notebook Consultant

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    Hi.

    Sold my laptop on eBay. this is probably a stupid question, but is it OK to send the copies of the recovery DVDs I made when I got the laptop?

    I've run DBAN on the laptop, so these won't have any of my info on will they (can never be too sure)?
     
    LooieENG, Jan 8, 2012
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Ya if it's the set you made with the laptop.

    DBAN with minimum 7 pass wipe is all you need...minimum government standard.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 8, 2012
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    LooieENG Notebook Consultant

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    cool. thanks for the quick answer!
     
    LooieENG, Jan 8, 2012
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  4. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    1 pass is really all you need unless you have super secret super spy stuff. Even with 1 pass requires advanced hardware tools to decipher and extract information.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 8, 2012
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