Disposing of XP Netbook
Someone might get some good our of a working netbook, but obviously I want to remove any personal information. It has no CD/DVD drive. Is there a formatting option which will still boot up?
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TomG2 wrote:
The netbook in question is a Acer Aspire One, which has a conventional hard disk drive.
I have a 32-bit XP one of those - I replaced the spinner HD with an SSD. It is much faster to boot. As a Mac user, I didn't have much need for it but certain GPS applications were windoze only. I got a good deal on it and it got used a fair amount but now it gathers dust. I've moved on to Parallels/windoze 7 on the Mac, and to new hiking GPS hardware that is more Mac compatible. Magellan and I haven't gotten along for a few years...
The HD is very easy to access - remove a screw in the cover on the bottom & pop it open. One more screw on the HD bracket and the HD comes right out. A replacement 250Gig can be had for as little as $25 these days.
