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    i want no os

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by vinceboiii, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    hi like the title says, i want my laptop to be no OS when i ship it out , how can i do this?
     
    vinceboiii, Sep 18, 2008
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    Ask the seller / maker / manufacturer from whom you are buying, if you can have one without an OS? or see in their website if they have options for a OS-less laptop?!?!!!!

    Edit: Ooopppsss... Or did I just misunderstand there???? You mean 'ship it out' as in you wanna 'ship out' a laptop you are having right now???? like sell it to someone else? or similar??? >> If yes, reformat it!!!!!! Formatting (or wiping) the hard drive will take out the OS... It will wipe it clean.. and if u don't install anything after that, there will be no OS...
     
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  3. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    no i meant i have a laptop that i am selling and i want to ship it out with NO OS
     
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    Charr Notebook Deity

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    You can use a bit eraser. Darik's boot and nuke is easy to use, and pretty secure. It makes several passes on the HD and writes every block to 0, so that no data can be recovered.
     
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    Please see above.. I edited the post :)
     
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  6. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    haha gotcha but do i format with an XP disc or a program?
     
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    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    these are PROGRAMS? or how does this work?
     
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You load the aforementioned programs onto a bootable CD/DVD, boot from that, then wipe the hard drive. Alternatively, take the drive out, put it into an external enclosure, hook it up to another computer, and format/wipe it from there.

    Otherwise, just buy another hard drive, clean as a baby's bottom, and swap 'em out.
     
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  9. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    i don't wanan buy another hard drive lol wait you're telling me to wipe it when its already hooked to my laptop? then take it out and hook it up to another computer/laptop and wipe it again?
     
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    No... taking it ou and wiping it clean is a separate thing..

    and AFAIK, you can wipe it clean when its hooked to the laptop using bootable OS CD' or like Gregory mentioned... which I think would be the simple, easy way... rather than taking it out, wiping it clean and then fixing it back into the laptop and phheewww...
     
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  11. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    thanks for the help !
     
    vinceboiii, Sep 18, 2008
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