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Old 09-02-10, 08:15 PM   #5
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Default Re: sell old laptop advice

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Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard View Post
ha ha re formatted the hard drive.. sounds like I know what I am on about eh..

but serious nothing else like my cv or banking stuff or personal letters will be in the memory or anywhere will they .?
it still has the disc drive etc and wireless thing and everything except the hard drive so I put it on as spare or repair- its on £40 already - sony vaio.. dunno what it will fetch .. but memory alone is going for 20 notes and screens for £35 and the plastics for 25.. we have to see

just dont want someone accessing my cv etc.. but if i took hard drive out me ok aint i surely.
You is safe, although only way to be 100% is to smash it up, but don't everything is in the hard drive, although even if you've formatted it stuff will still be recoverable.

Our guys put them through a special set of magnets to kill em proper
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