Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Tip.It Forum

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Acer Vista - Clear Hard drive?

Featured Replies

How do you clear everything off the laptop? I decided I'm going to exchange it for my money back today and spend $300 more for the better one.

I suggest "dariks boot and nuke" - http://dban.sourceforge.net/ , it does a much more "deeper" (excuse me, too bored to come up with a better word) than windows xp/vista cd formatting.

 

It took me about 7h. If you use this instead of xp/vista cd (of course you can format with one of those cd's if you want to), it will be much harder for someone to retrive data from your session, than if you do it with a xp/vista cd.

 

Instructions for dban is on the page i linked.

 

 

 

Remember to save any data you want to keep on a cd/usb memory/send to another computer... etc before you format.

J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff movies

Je trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vie

Je ne me reconnais plus dans les gens

Je suis juste un cas désespérant

Et comme personne ne viendra me réclamer

Je terminerai comme un objet retrouvé

  • Author

How do you do it the normal way? I dont wanna bother downloading that and buying floppies and stuff, I havnt really done anything important on this laptop yet anyhow, only had it for like a week.

well what do you want to clean off the laptop? Just a few word documents, or do you want a secure wipe? DBAN cleans everything off the HDD, including the operating system so you will need to reinstall it before returning the computer.

  • Author

Just a few passwords and stuff, I was just told by my brother that you have to clear it before returning it, not sure if it's true though.

Recovering factory settings should work for your purposes.

You can't just delete you have to over write the old data to really get rid of it or else there will always be a shadow on your hard disk.

Create an account or sign in to comment

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.