Selling my old laptop soon and I'm preparing it just now. Obviously have cleaned it up but was wondering if anyone could help me with preparation such as formatting the hard drive and a 'fresh install' of the OS. I have done a google search but to be honest it's all a bit foreign to me. Could do with a hand.

Cheers.

Cant you just restore to factory default by rebooting, clears all the programs you have added....

Think you have to uninstall everything and start again somehow. Otherwise those nude pics of you will end up in a Nigerian porn mag

What you selling next Ryan, your body (Or has that already been done?)

Think you have to manually unistall everything or just sell it without the hard drive!

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The laptop was going anyway, I just have the selling bug now. It's already set back to how it would be coming out the box but there's obviously some way of still accessing all the old data.

Maybe I should just change all my passwords on all accounts and not worry about it.

Unless they are a cunt mate, I cant see a problem.

Ive bought numerous electrical goods which people havnt wiped there data off of them, and I just do it for them.

But some cunts might buy laptops just to get peoples info!

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Aye I know better to be safe than sorry. Is there a site like envirofone for laptops?

Not sure I can turn that down to be honest.

^^^That will get you half a bottle of Corona in Ibiza mate.

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[quote="Gelse"]^^^That will get you half a bottle of Corona in Ibiza mate.

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It is tempting but if I factor in the postage costs I will actually be paying these twats to take it. I think I'll just punt it on ebay and say in the listing please dont steal my identity.

What laptop it is Ryan. Bang it up on here?

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I would Gelse but it's really slow. I doubt anyone would want it. Just going to ebay it this weekend.

Anyone have a spare laptop charger for a good price?

You can only try squire.

The one I use is of vintage quality aswell, but does the job.

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i`ll double it £8 bank transfer no waiting for a bag and a cheque or argos vouchers

like an absolute amateur, ive just been informed my insurance on laptop doesnt cover the costs of a new battery, im just on a hp, best place to buy replacement? or do i just head into currys and fork out whatever they tell me to.

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like an absolute amateur, ive just been informed my insurance on laptop doesnt cover the costs of a new battery, im just on a hp, best place to buy replacement? or do i just head into currys and fork out whatever they tell me to.

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i dont even have my battery in my laptop...i just use the mains plug and on the rare occassion i need to move the lappie i just put the battery in...or use mrs clydes netbook....having a battery in when its connected to the mains absolutely ruins a battery....take it out if your using the mains.