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I love all the people "give it to me"

Now do you really think that'll happen? :1orglaugh

Put it up on eBay.

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NOT!

Seriously, giving it to a relative or donating it are likely the best options.

Be sure sensitive data is cleared off, especially if donating to a charity; data can hide in places that aren't readily accessible in a Windows system...

Ie. index.dat files - to delete them, one first needs to open a DOS window, stop "explorer" (no relation to iexplorer which too may likely be running) in the Task Manager (do not close the window), and then locate and delete the index.dat files. Glossed over some details about index.dat, but the point is a lot of stuff can be left lurking - likely not a big deal, but could be depending on what the computer was used for / contained.

Again, giving to relative / donating is likely the best option ...

If deducting on taxes, be sure to get a written acknowledgement of the dollar value of the donation, which is now required regardless of the amount. Even cash (ie. collection plate at church) now has to be documented, but I digress.

Ron

Donate it to some 3rd world countries ....:)

Put it on your kitchen bench and wait for someone to steal it.

I had an ancient Pentium 133MHz laptop stolen from my home, about 7-8 years old at the time, and got a brand new business grade one with all of the nice stuff such as bluetooth and wifi a/b/g as a replacement from my insurance co. Unfortunately the thieves missed the little 486sx25 laptop with 4MB RAM and 120MB HD (I am not kidding) that was in another room. :1orglaugh

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Originally Posted by NyLoS (Post 13841318)

same problem here, every time a computer gets slow I buy a new one, now I have 6 laptops and 5 pc's just sitting here, all my friends and family already have a used laptop or pc I worked on for a few months... I think I need more friends :-/

I will be your friend....I have no laptop :(

NosMo

I sell all mine to friends. Let me know what you want for it. One of them asked last night if I had any more Laptops laying around.

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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett (Post 13852803)

Informative! Thanks.

Do a poo on it...

I like poo...

Ebay it, keep it as back up, If it can run for some prjects might as well keep it unless you have too many around you think your going to lose your mind.

Does your laptop have a restore CD? If so wipe the whole hard drive then do a restore. Merely deleting files that you think may leave traces of your adult work (and possibly also other sensitive information such as stats passwords etc) is probably not sufficient.

Bend over ill show you where to put it :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Id love to play with them