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Is it safe to sell broken laptop on Ebay

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  • livelyred
    livelyred Posts: 2,367 Forumite
    tronator wrote: »
    I would safely erase the hard disk with DBAN. Selling a (broken) laptop without it reduces the price by more than the hard disk is worth.

    Why do people keep recommending selling PCs without hard disk when there are ways (certified by the DoD) to destroy all data on it?
    Whats DBAN ?
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  • googler
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    edited 6 November 2010 at 3:17PM
    As previous have said, take the HDD out and then sell it (the laptop).

    Remove the HDD from any mountings that belong to the laptop itself and replace those on the laptop.
  • tronator
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    livelyred wrote: »
    Whats DBAN ?

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dban ;)

    It might not work on your laptop as it seems to be broken. So you need to connect the hard disk to your desktop with an adapter and boot from the CD. Make sure you're erasing the right hard disk, so you better disconnect all other hard disks.
  • tronator
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    googler wrote: »
    As previous have said, take the HDD out and then sell it.

    Now this thread is in a loop.

    As previously said, erase the hard disk with DBAN and sell it. :D
  • googler
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    tronator wrote: »
    Now this thread is in a loop.

    As previously said, erase the hard disk with DBAN and sell it. :D

    Why do people keep recommending ways (certified by the DoD) to destroy all data when there are ways of selling PCs without their hard disks?

    As previously said, since the original laptop isn't working, the OP will have to remove the HDD, caddy it up, connect it to another machine, DBAN it, then replace it in the original machine. Just removing it and keeping it is easier.....
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    Advice on how to get the machine working is in your previous threads, if you are going to sell it, reinstall windows from recovery partition, and wipe free space with ccleaner wipe free space option.
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  • livelyred
    livelyred Posts: 2,367 Forumite
    closed wrote: »
    Advice on how to get the machine working is in your previous threads, if you are going to sell it, reinstall windows from recovery partition, and wipe free space with ccleaner wipe free space option.
    Ive tried all this a while ago, im selling this as broken
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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 6 November 2010 at 3:57PM
    you've tried what?

    http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4811-toshiba-laptop-reset-to-factory-settings
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  • GunJack
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    livelyred wrote: »
    Will do thankyou r u interested in this lappy then ?

    lol...maybe ;)
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  • prowla
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    fiddiwebb wrote: »
    Have you tried running the laptop to an external monitor?
    That's the way to find out if it's the screen itself is broken.
    It is also useful input for potential buyers on ebay.
    As others have said, you should put the disk caddy/bracket/mountings back even if you remove the HD.
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