Laptop Advice Please

[phleb]

I have a dell inspiron 1545 and Toshiba satellite pro A100 both have cracked screens, I want to sell them. If I remove the hard drives, will all my information come off the laptop even if the new owner gets a new hard drive. I have photos etc on there, which I don't want in the wrong hands. So I want everything off the laptops before I sell them. Also what will I get for them in terms of money? thanks x

[Zacs-Master]

I don't think you'd get much for a laptop with a cracked screen and no hard drive.

[phleb]

so how can I clear the hard drive? I have no software for either laptop anymore.

[Zacs-Master]

If you type 'format hard drive into the search box on this wunnerful website, there will appear much information of good use.

[daffy654]

Remove the hard drives and vigorously attack them with a hammer before disposing of the laptops in the correct section of your local rubbish tip.

[askyourgran]

Ditto daffy^^

[wildwood]

There is no need to destroy the hard drives. Just buy a caddy for them and you'll have lots of external storage, and you still have your files if you wanted to keep them.

[VHG]

>you'll have lots of external storage

Depends how old the laptops are.

If they are a few years old the hard drives may be very small by todays standards, maybe only 80Gb or 100Gb or whatever.

[wildwood]

^^ Dell Inspiron 1545 has a 250gb hdd. Considerably bigger than most usb flash pens. Being 2.5 hard drives they take up very little room.