Using a recovery CD

by Stephanie1957 Jul 9, 2007 8:32AM PDT

I have a Toshiba Laptop, it came with a recovery CD. By using a recovery CD does it remove all and restore to the day it was bought? Is there anyway traces could be left behind? I am selling my laptop and want to be sure nothing could be recovered.

Thank you in advance.
Stephanie

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Well....

by jackson dougless Jul 9, 2007 8:45AM PDT

The only 100% sure way to keep unwanted files out of the hands of others, is to not sell the unit with the HDD.

Short of that, a simple format before running the recovery CD should stop probably 95% of people from accessing anything on there. The remaining 5% could probably get it no matter what you did if they cared enough.

Just look for some kind of boot disk or CD that has a zero filling format program in it, and run that. It's not 100%, but it's going to be pretty damn good. There should be a few free ones out there if you look.

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Kill Disk

by Stephanie1957 Jul 9, 2007 8:57AM PDT

Thank you,

If I used a program like Kill Disk, would I still be able to use my recovery CD? I figured if I used a program like this the recovery CD would no longer work, but I truly do not know.

Thank you very much for helping,
Stephanie

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The recovery CD..

by jackintucson Jul 9, 2007 9:06AM PDT

is self-booting and should would just fine.

and life goes on...

Jack

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(NT) would = work... sorry

by jackintucson Jul 9, 2007 9:07AM PDT

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Thank you Jack

by Stephanie1957 Jul 9, 2007 9:15AM PDT

I appreciate your help.

Stephanie

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(NT) You're quite welcome..

by jackintucson Jul 9, 2007 9:16AM PDT

Using a recovery CD

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