It completely died. Wouldn't boot up anymore, all I got was a "Load Error - Press any key to restart" message, and even after I ran the restore disk, got the same message when I tried to boot up afterward.
Took it to the repair shop last year when this happened and they had to put in a new hard drive because they said the drive was no longer recognizable. Won't waste money on that again...
Anyways, now I want to sell it on craigslist for parts, but I'm wondering if there was still a way for people to pull up personal information form the hard drive, even though I ran the restore disk (does that wipe out the hard drive?).
And I never stored personal information on it, I just viewed webpages that had personal information, like online banking and e-mail, so I don't know if it was stored in the internet cache or anything.
But would it even be accessible anymore if the hard drive is fugged? Is it safe to sell for parts?
2007-02-15 09:45:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
While the drive may not boot up... the NFO on it CAN still be accessable if connected as a Slave drive.
To be on the safe side, I would sell it WITHOUT the hard drive.
2007-02-15 09:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by mrresearchman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
System Restore takes your disk back to a pre-dated point so your information up to that set date would still remain.
I would take it to a repair shop and ask if they could backup the infromation on your hard disk to another disk.
For the laptop as a whole, I've heard of places like Best Buy, etc that acutally provide scrap metal services where they will take items such as copper, gold, from computers and give you a share of how much it's all worth. If Best Buy doens't provide that service, I'm sure you can find a place by where you live.
2007-02-15 18:05:51 · answer #2 · answered by Beck92 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since it appears that your laptop is not functional, the value as it is would not be significantly impacted by the lack of a hard disk drive.
Just remove the drive and destroy it, then advertise on CL as a laptop for parts only, specifying that there is no HDD.
most folks who buy laptops for parts have their own means of getting HDDs and Operating Systems.
2007-02-15 18:00:52 · answer #3 · answered by InspectorBudget 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could use a file shredding program to clear the web caches or the entire contents of the drive
2007-02-15 18:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by owen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just remove the drive and sell it without one.
it's going to be for parts anyway !!
2007-02-15 17:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋