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Wiping Hard Drive Clean

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  • 10-03-2009 10:55pm
    #1
    Dj shaft
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭


    Hello,

    I have my laptop a year and a half now and was thinking of wiping the hard drive clean and re installing a windows and the other main software I use onto it.

    I have windows vista but never got a windows cd with the laptop. Just wondering how do I get the security codes for my version of windows and also what recommendations/tips do people have for when I'm wiping the hard drive?

    Any one got a link or how to for doing this the easiest/most reliable way possible

    Cheers
    Conor


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    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    There should be a windows tag on the bottom of the laptop with your vista product key.


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,959 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    if you got no cd then either you have a utility to make one or you have a restore partition on the laptop

    some only give you the option to make the DVD in the first 30 days :mad:

    you could restore from the partition and use something like eraser or sdelete to wipe the remaining space - dban would just kill the restore image too


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