I have a Toshiba Satellitle laptop that I would like to sell on Ebay. It is only 3 months used, but I want to remove my Microsoft Office (Vista) liscene. Is there are way I can "reset" the OS or software? Thanks.
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I have a Toshiba Satellitle laptop that I would like to sell on Ebay. It is only 3 months used, but I want to remove my Microsoft Office (Vista) liscene. Is there are way I can "reset" the OS or software? Thanks.
If you installed Microsoft Office after receiving the latop, did the laptop come with a way to restore it back to exactly the way it was when it was shipped to you from the factory? (Restore CDs/DVDs or a Restore partition). If so, that's what I would do ... after wiping the hard drive.
My toshiba and others I've seen come with a restore CD/DVD to put it back to factory condition. I'd do what the doc suggests... wipe the drive to get rid of any personal data, which even after a simple format/reinstall is still accessible, then reinstall from scratch.
Jhhn12774--Both above suggestions mention "wiping the hard drive". That gets rid of personal data, which although you cannot see it after using the Restore function, is still on the hard drive and can be recovered by those who know how. (Yes, really.)
Wiping is accomplished using something like
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/download.php or
http://www.dban.org/