Ok, well I might be selling my laptop pretty soon and I'm not sure if I have the restore cd's(I haven't looked for them). So is there any good software out there to clean up the laptop? I know how to clean all the program files, but is there anything in the registry that can be used towards identity theft? Or as long as I clean the cookies,cache, etc. from the internet I should be good?
Best way to clean a computer out.
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less hassle. i doubt any average user will find anything out in there unless they intended to.
diduknowthat
formerly liuliuboy
You put in the xp (or w/e operating system the laptop came with ) CD in the cd drive tray when booting up. Select boot from disc, then reformat the hard drive, create new partition and install the OS.
palidon112
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what about reinstalling from the drive? with my old mobo pressing f5 during post would bring it into the screen where you reinstall windows, didn't need a disc.
if there is a recovery partition on the hard drive then you should be able to use that but even reinstalling windows doesnt mean that all your data will be destroyed, i have reinstalled windows before and still retrieved information of it using filescavenger.if i was you i would do some research on how to completely wipe the drive . i think it has to be formated so many times but im not sure.