i am selling ym laptop to someone on ebay. i dont want to formatt becuase does not always work should i jsut remove that harddrive to be safe(i have alot of credit card info on there
2006-12-29 16:55:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You should be fine off with just formatting it. I doubt that anyone would bother spending hours just trying to recover some files that would be barely readable.
2006-12-29 17:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Patrick B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be able to remove it (depends on who manufactured it), but it's going to cost an arm and a leg to replace, and the buyer is gonna be a little PO'd if his "new" laptop shows up without a hard drive.
Follow the other recommendations on formating it. Yeah, for most users, the data is wiped. If someone has the tech skills to retrieve data off of a wiped hard drive, they probably don't have to go through ebay to steal personal information.
2006-12-29 17:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a really good question.
Yes, if you have personal or business stuff on it and don't know how to permenantly delete it from the hard drive. Software for the hard drive can be easily downloaded, from the manufacturer, that will insure the drive is wiped clean. If you know a little about computers, you could format the drive or fdisk it just to be sure.
2006-12-29 17:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by heartmindspace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't want to re-format - it's a hassle, but to be safer, I suggest that you procure a secure delete program. It's easy to use and less the hassles. One sample is Hard Disk Scrubber 2.0 from these sites.
http://www.webmasterfree.com/software/Security-Privacy/SecureFileDeletion/hard_disk_scrubber_2.0.html
http://www.summitcn.com/products.html
2006-12-29 17:11:59 · answer #4 · answered by KenMikaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would reformat the hard drive, I had to do it a few times, because of viruses it would be safer that removing hard drive, with out hard drive the computer is worthless. you could go and delete all your files also.
2006-12-29 20:21:54 · answer #5 · answered by blessedfriend2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmm...it's an iffy thing. I would probably say YES, remove it. I don't think it's the safest bet to leave it on there. BUT you need to alert the buyer ASAP or the laptop is worthless. So really, I guess...you need to leave it on there. :/
2006-12-29 17:04:00 · answer #6 · answered by KMChickk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm...remove it if u would want to keep it or sell it seperately...or leave it and sell ur laptop more and make sure u say that it comes with a Hard drive...
2006-12-29 17:17:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, remove the harddrive and keep it.
2006-12-29 17:09:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are able to desire to unscrew all the screws on the backside and or suitable to get to the key portion of the pc, under the keys. as quickly as you accomplish that, you've the skill to locate the perplexingcontinual fairly truly. it truly is going to likely be uncomplicated to take out devoid of any screws.
2016-10-28 17:08:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove the drive and be safe
2007-01-02 11:06:36 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋