Old Laptop - Some Questions

conjon

Hi Guys,

I have an old laptop at home that I haven't used in about a year that I have promised to someone. As I'm not the most IT proficient, I have a couple of questions that I hope someone can help me out with.

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2. System Cleaning

What is the easiest way of cleaning the hard drive? Can I simply restore the machine to factory settings?

Thanks in advance,
Conor.

petes

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Have you tried using a blank password with the Administrator account?

However if you restore the machine to the factory settings you should be able to set up a new account.

How old is the machine? What model is it?

conjon

Insurgent wrote: »

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However if you restore the machine to the factory settings you should be able to set up a new account.

How old is the machine? What model is it?

Thanks Insurgent.

I will try the factory reset and see how that goes. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron which is about 6 years old.

Conor

bonzodog2

If you have a restore CD, try that, otherwise re-install/repair from XP CD. <snip>

Alanstrainor

I've snipped posts for obvious reasons. OP just do a fresh install of XP, it really is the best way of "cleaning" any computer.