Solved! Is it safe to sell your old laptop?

[blazed1k]

Hi guys, I'm thinking about selling my old laptop on ebay. I saw couple laptops with the same model are going for almost $200. I just got unemployed, I could use that money right now. I'm concern about all the informations in my laptop's hard drive. After I formatted the hard drive, will other people able to retrieve the my personal informations? I also have a question regarding to the Windows license. My laptop did not come with Windows 7, and I obtained my copy of Windows 7 from MSDNAA. Is it legal to sell my laptop with Windows 7?

 

[UniqueName]

Yes, other people can retrieve your personal information. You need to use a secure erase program like this
Secure Erase
It's probably not legal to sell your Windows 7 and definitely not legal for buyer to use it. You don't have original laptop OS?

 

[blazed1k]

Thank you so much for your respond. Does Secure Erase work on SSD too? And I no longer have the original laptop OS. =(

 

[Diginovice]

Thank you so much for your respond. Does Secure Erase work on SSD too? And I no longer have the original laptop OS. =(

Yes, it works on SSD hard drivers.
If you want to put your old laptop for sale on ebay, you do not allowed to sale the Win7 OS if the one you own is a copy. You can just try as long as your item will not be removed by ebay.

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[UniqueName]

Yes, Secure Erase is an ATA command that affects the entire drive and should be supported by all modern(2001) ATA drives. Secure deletion of selected files is a totally different story.

 

[vilmiscom]

Hi guys, I'm thinking about selling my old laptop on ebay. I saw couple laptops with the same model are going for almost $200. I just got unemployed, I could use that money right now. I'm concern about all the informations in my laptop's hard drive. After I formatted the hard drive, will other people able to retrieve the my personal informations? I also have a question regarding to the Windows license. My laptop did not come with Windows 7, and I obtained my copy of Windows 7 from MSDNAA. Is it legal to sell my laptop with Windows 7?

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[vilmiscom]

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