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    How To Prepare Notebook Before I Sell It

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by alansmith, Mar 1, 2009.

  1. alansmith

    alansmith Newbie

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    Hello Group!! Still going through a learning curve.......limited knowledge!
    I am selling my 3yr old notebook ..sony vaio.........want to completly clear everything except the original products that came with notebook when i purchased..........NOT A CLUE HOW TO CLEAN UNIT.........thanks...alan
     
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Well, do you have any sort of Restore Discs ?

    The easiest thing will be to buy a similar HDD as the current one and install that before selling.
     
    Andy, Mar 1, 2009
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  3. TZ300

    TZ300 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know if your system has it (it is there for my TT). Look into system recovery and see if there is a choice to clean your harddrive and prepare it for sale. If you are lucky, just run it, if not, do a complete system recovery, i.e. turn off computer, turn it on and hot F10. System will reformat hard drive and install OS again.
     
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  4. Rob41

    Rob41 Team Pirate Control

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    Hey alansmith,
    I would strongly reccomend that you remove and reuse or destroy the hard drive currently in your Sony before you sell it. Even reformatted hard drives can still leave your critical information behind. There is software available to overwrite (scrub) your hard drive which is supposed to be bulletproof. Due to the low cost of a laptop hard drive I prefer to destroy the old one to leave nothing to chance.

    Rob41
     
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    heavenly_wild Notebook Deity

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    heavenly_wild, Mar 1, 2009
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