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A friend of mine has recently got herself a new laptop, she was just going to bin the old one but asked at the last minute if I wanted it. I told her to eBay it, since that's what I'd do with it, but she "can't be bothered", so I'm going to sell it instead (she even refused a cut of what I get for it).
Thing is, she's used this laptop for doing stuff like applying for jobs, internet banking and Facebook, so I'm a bit concerned that whoever I sell it to will be able to find personal information off it, which could then be used for fraud (she wasn't even going to delete her CV off it before dumping it in the bin).
So how do I do this?
I'm well aware that just deleting files doesn't really cut it - I recently accidentally deleted 4Gig of photos off my wife's laptop, it took be about 30 seconds to download software to recover them all and then get them back.
Thing is, she's used this laptop for doing stuff like applying for jobs, internet banking and Facebook, so I'm a bit concerned that whoever I sell it to will be able to find personal information off it, which could then be used for fraud (she wasn't even going to delete her CV off it before dumping it in the bin).
So how do I do this?
I'm well aware that just deleting files doesn't really cut it - I recently accidentally deleted 4Gig of photos off my wife's laptop, it took be about 30 seconds to download software to recover them all and then get them back.