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macman

Robisere wrote: »

Good advice from Macman, but:

If you don't have a USB caddy (external hard drive case) there is a simpler way, if you have the original operating system disc, or you can borrow a disc with the same o/s. MUST match exactly the o/s that was in the machine - Windows 7 whether 32 or 64 bit, XP Home/Professional, etc. Look on the base of the netbook, copy the o/s code, put the borrowed o/s disc in at startup.

You will be asked if you want to repair, reinstall or new setup. Go for new setup. The operating system will load as if you had just bought a disc for a new netbook and will format the machine, deleting everything already on it, replacing it with a new system. Give the disc back to the lender when done.

I suspect that the charity is afraid that they can later be accused of possessing someone else's personal information, or worse still, selling the netbook to someone else who may misuse the information. They are simply guarding their own legal position, Grasscutter is not aware of that. This way you can assure them that there is an operating system on the netbook, but nothing else.

If you cannot do any of this, for whatever reason, try to borrow a hard drive caddy as per macman's advice. You should be congratulated for giving it to a charity.

How can they be accused of anything if the netbook is freely given to them-they have not stolen any remaining data-it has been handed to them? A Factory Restore will wipe the data just as cleanly as a reinstall.

TakeThis

lipsthefish wrote: »

It is an acer aspire one d260-a, I want to give it to my local charity but they will only accept them with a blank hard drive. I have a flash drive I can use now.

That appears counter-productive.
The licence(CoA) is not only stuck to the machine, it is internal to the machine.
It is licenced to the machine, not a person.
It is not the same as purchasing the OS separately. In that case you would need to have the original packaging.

Read here

Q. Can my customers transfer or sell their OEM software licenses?

A. After an OEM software license has been installed on a PC, the license may not be installed on or transferred to another PC. However, the entire PC may be transferred to another end user along with the software license rights. When transferring the PC to the new end user, the software media, manuals (if applicable), and Certificate of Authenticity label must be included. It is also advisable to include the original purchase invoice or receipt. The original end user cannot keep any copies of the software.

Your charity may need to get their legal end sorted.

espresso

lipsthefish wrote: »

Sorted thanks

Another one for the ignore list :mad:

TakeThis

lipsthefish wrote: »

Sorted thanks

Other people reading this thread will not have the slightest idea of why this thread was created.
So it will be of no use to them. Remember that more than one person will be able to make use of information in any one thread.

espresso

lipsthefish wrote: »

Hi all

I would like to format the hard drive on my netbook, I have no cd drive on it and at the moment I don't have a flash drive. I tried right clicking on the c drive and going to format (ok too simple a solution lol) but it said the file was in use or something similar. Is there any way to do this, thanks

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lipsthefish

sorry, never thought of anyone else needing the thread, thanks all.

macman

That's the main purpose of a public forum...