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• How to give away / sell my HP safely (with HARD drive).

  I was looking for and ask questions on the forums about upgrading my Hp to match my new game requirements. I decided to look into new technologies and to give or sell my current pc. I asked in another thread, that I should protect my information until I got rid of my HARD drives. but I now I intend to separate from my unit as a whole, not just the HARD drive. I want the new user to have access to everything, including the operating system, otherwise it seems like a waste; all keep set will use the most out of this device. However, I also want this to be safe for me. Is it possible to run DBAN, and then re - install the operating system using recovery disks (and maybe a phone call, it will be the same motherboard and cpu, so technical support does not make a fuzz about this, right?). Or running DBAN will clear things to the point where the dics can do nothing more. I ask this question because there is a section on my computer that looks like this: IMAGE FACTORY (d) and when I click on it I get:

  Recovery partition

  Caveat!

  This area of your hard drive

  (or partition) contains files used

  for the recovery of your PC.

  Do not delete or modify these files.

  Any change to this partition could

  avoid recovery suite

  Will be running DBAN will get rid of this and make the recovery dics is no longer applicable, or the dics still work without it? I am thinking about just a gift, it is and just tell the new owner to perform a full recovery of the system (factory settings), but this is probably a bad idea hu? Thank you for your help so far (it's the best forums of suport I was on); and exsuce me for having abused forums, but I could use your help once agan, where you, Big Dave?

  My unit: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01643518

  Thank you for your time and your answers.

  You can download DBAN 2.2.6 Beta for CD-R and DVD-R media and create a bootable disc. Start the computer from the disk and nuke the hard drive completely. You can set the style of the wipe, number of passes, etc.

  Please make sure that you have created a set of HP recovery disks before using DBAN. The HP recovery discs will be used to format the disk, create partitions, install the operating system and restore the 'Image' to the machine. You won't have to call someone to enable the installation of the OS, as HP uses the BIOS, a special OEM certificate and a special HP OEM Windows key to activate the window locally.

  Frank

• Satellite A200: Can I use the recovery disc without wiping the drive

  I read the threads on this forum, but I did not come with an exact answer to my problem.

  With my regular PC, I got a disc of Installation of Vista, which is also a recovery disk (like that could do with XP). One of the most useful things is that when you start from the disc you have an option to "fix" the system, which means that all the vital files (such as the bootloader...) will be restored, but otherwise all data will remain. This is extremely important when for example you install a dual boot with Linux, when often Vista refuses to start and to repair the boot loader has solved the problem. Of course it can easily and quickly fix all kinds of other problems in the system as well.

  My laptop Toshiba A200 (otherwise a wonderful machine), came with the Toshiba product recovery disc. From everything I read on the forum and what he says on the disc itself, I understand that it only allows a total reinstallation of the system, set at the factory, wiping your drive and everything on it.

  Toshiba really leaves us without a 'repair' option '?
  I find that quite amazing, because after all, I paid for the Vista operating system, so why shouldn't I get the options I would have if I had an original Vista disc?

  If all the above I have is right, it means that if I want to install a dual boot with Ubuntu and would get a bootloader problem, I loose all my data when I have to repair the boot loader? (A problem which, with the option 'fix', takes only 5 minutes to fix!).

  I would like to hear reactions, solutions, suggestions or alternatives.

  Thanks in advance,
  Yossi Beck

  Hey Yossi

  I think you have misunderstood something!

  You received with the image of Toshiba Toshiba Recovery CD! The image contains drivers Vista OS, Toshiba, tools, utilities, and additional programs!

  Please don't compare this disc for the original CD of Microsoft Vista and don t mix it!

  So using this disk, you can set the laptop back to factory settings!
  This is very useful because this procedure takes about 10 minutes only and you get everything functioning OS with all the drivers, tools, etc.

  Please note that no all users and customers who buy these phones are technicians and scientists ;) but simply newbie and such possibility of recovery is always welcome!

  but the use of this recovery CD format the whole HARD drive and erases all partitions.
  That is why it s advisable to back up the data before using the recovery CD/DVDs

• How can I copy all the 18 000 pictures on my imac to an external hard drive to give to my daughter and also keep on the imac

  How can I copy all the 18 000 pictures on my imac to an external hard drive to give to my daughter and keep them all on my imac

  Your daughter have a Mac and use Photos? If so just copy your library of Photos to SMT, it must be formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with the defined property is ignored. Then she can use the SMT library or copy it on his Mac.

  If she doesn't have a Mac do the following:

  1 - Create a new folder on the external drive.

  2 - Select all photos in the library (in the window of Photos).

  3. Select the file ➙ ➙ export export Original unmodified for XXXXX items menu option.

  

  4. in the format of subfolder select Export window = name of the time

  

  5. in the next window, select the folder that you created on the external drive as the destination of export and export all your photos to this. Photos at every moment in your photo library will be put in a folder with the date of that moment and this issue will be put on the EHD in the folder that you created.
  

• Army of DOD wiping hard drives software

  Looking for a military DOD certified disk formatting hard/wiping Softeare, I see a lot of websites for it but that one is for real?

  As far as I KNOW, there is no such thing as DoD "certified" disk wiping software.  Currently, the only way to clean up the acceptable magnetic media for the DoD is degaussing--> http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OP/docs/policy/state/107-009-005_Exhibit_B.pdf?ga=t

  Effective immediately, DSS will approve is more crushing for procedures for the disinfection or decommissioning (e.g. communication to lower the level classified information controls) IS storage devices (for example, hard drives) used for classified processing.

  I think that some more paranoid 3-letter agencies require the physical destruction of the magnetic media (for example, merge in an oven).

  If you only want in the protection of your personal data, Darik Boot and Nuke (among other things), provides several methods, including even the method of "Dod short" should be more than enough.  See, for example, http://users.telenet.be/mydotcom/howto/data/dbantest.htm

• IS MY HARD C DRIVE TO GIVE FALSE INFORMATION

  When I click on my Computer.then right click Open in my ue(C:) de Vista, j'ai trouver tous les programmes dans mon disque dur tout en Ko) hard drive

  . Now, adding all these KB.s and dividing them by Ko 1048,576 = GB (Ko added in drive C - 1048.576 = 4 GB + 167 KB
  Now my answer to hard drive, it's that I used 427,4 GB 465 GB. Why I can do to put this right.
  I'M JUST SAYING 1048,576 KB = 1 GB.
  AND ADD ALL THE PROGRAMS KO SUPPLY. COMING 4312,63 KB
  BY 1048.576 (TO BRING IT TO GO) SHOULD GIVE ME THE POWER USED.
  SO WHY IS IT READ 427,4 GB USED

  Where to save your personal files (music, photos, etc.)?
  How many programs you have installed on the computer?

  BTW, 1 GB = 1024 MB

  Windows (32-bit) only takes up to + 20 GB hard disk size. Your deduction of 4 GB and the assumption that 1048 KB = 1 GB is therefore incorrect.

  You install programs take up too much space. Same thing with your personal files.

  If you want to free up space on the hard disk, use disk cleanup.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup

• Wiped C drive, need to re - install - what do I have to pay?

  Recently, my C drive has been fried, it had to be wiped and I need to reinstall creative cloud and Photoshop. I can connect and re - download Photoshop, or I still have to pay for the product? I pay a monthly subscription.

  Hello

  You can have the creative cloud installed and signed in on two computers as long as you don't use it on one at a time. Download and install as you did on the first computer, sign in to your Adobe account on the Adobe using your Adobe ID website, download the desktop app from clouds, then download the software. Sign on a computer that should not be used: log in and log out of the desktop Adobe Creative Cloud application

  You can download the installer for Creative Cloud from here:
  Creative cloud help | Creative cloud desktop.

  You do not have to pay again for your monthly subscription.

• Wiped hard drive now I can't disable the account. What can I do?

  Hey,.

  I wiped my Mac hard drive after getting a new machine. I didn't disable my accout of my old befor machine to wipe the hard drive. What can I do about it I want to put the creative cloud on two new machines?

  Thanks for your help.

  Hey Dools_dowling,

  worry not disable the program, if you are using the creative cloud subscription.

  It automatically disables the previous machines, if the activation limit is reached, & it's the best part of the use of the subscription.

  Thank you

• Re: Satellite A200 - drive recovery gives blue screen

  It makes me crazy.
  I have two laptop A200 which were granted to the staff. They left and laptops have been completely OK.

  Before I have the laptops to new staff I format and reinstall the operating system and software. Simple I thought, I've got the recovery DVDs. I rebooted with the DVD into a party to the process, everything seems to be fine. It restarts in windows enter the first screen of XP of windows with green dots below. I have a very quick flash of a blue screen and restarting the laptop, then continues with the quick blue screen through.
  This happens on the two A200 I have.

  If I try to load windows XP from our copy of the retail windows, he always says that no records can be detected. Again, it happens on both. I hear say you, it's the hard drive. Well, it's not the hard drive. I removed the disc placed in another laptop and a windows PC and it works as it should, it's two hard drives. With hard drives in laptops original A200 I can install Linux (unbuntu) without any error. I run disk check that everything is OK.
  Toshiba says it's a virus! Seems to be the answer to everything, that they can't solve by phone!

  I love the laptops of the thesis, they have been very good for us here, would like to get them running again. They have two years out of warranty.
  The version of the BIOS is 5.20
  Any help would be great

  Hello

  It's a little difficult to say what happens to your laptop, but if I have problems installing, I erase hard drive with a bootable cd of Acronis support, Acronis drive Cleanser

  http://www.Acronis.com/enterprise/products/DriveCleanser/index.html

  or East-Tec DisposeSecure

  http://www.East-Tec.com/download/index.htm

  These programs are shareware and need to be enabled in order to make a bootable media.

  I erase a hard drive, then install the original copy of Windows for my clients. If they have problems with ODD, I make a bootable USB key (if the Bios supports) or higher Lan installation. By the way, have you tried to install from a bootable USB key.

  Talk about viruses, it can also take place the cloth of hard drive is recommended. In our service, we answer also like this phone as say the guys at Toshiba. Believe me, it's not easy to solve problems over the phone, the problem is that many customers cannot adequately describe the malfunction!

• Wiping Hard Drive, Reinstalled with Windows 7 with upgrade disk product key error

  My computer has been acting upward, so I back up hard drive and erased the hard drive with the BACK CLEAN ALL command. I then reinstalled windows 7 from my Windows 7 Upgrade disk and restore my files on hard disk. The computer works fantastic and returned half of the memory of the hard drive. A few days later, I get a message on the screen that I have 30 days left until I can produce a product key from the original Windows installation, does not accept the upgrade product key.

  I tried the product key located on the bottom of my laptop for Windows Vista comes with the HP computer. It does not work and it gave me no disk backup for Windows Vista from HP.

  I called Microsoft and they told me to contact HP for the product key. I see on this forum that someone else has written a similar plea, because it is a plea, and HP said to contact Microsoft. In other words, Microsoft says to contact HP and HP says to contact Microsoft.

  I use Microsoft since Windows 3.2 operating systems and have bought a lot of products of them. It's my 3rd HP laptop, my wife is on her 2nd HP laptop. Well you know what? If I don't get this resolved quickly by one of your companies, and I'm not remember Microsoft, I'm through the two of you.

  I don't see where Microsoft is not being fooled off but when it's to the detriment of a loyal customer, so don't worry. HP is also responsible for this. An upgraded version of Windows 7 (to upgrade from Vista or XP) should be smart enough (and I thought it was) to remember that I had the original version and its product key should be enough. Also I don't never told me that I had to keep the old product keys, and it doesn't matter anyway because the product key is always available in my laptop HP, but it does not work.

  I'm not buying another HP without your help and actually buying an Apple Mac for my wife and my next computer if it is not resolved. I think that HP is probably as bad as Microsoft so that it will not be solved and I'm not shelling out more money for something I already own.

  System information:

  Other OS Description not available OS manufacturer Microsoft Corporation system name MADRONA system manufacturer Hewlett-Packard model system HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC OS name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Version 6.1.7600 X 86 - based PC processor Intel (r) Core (TM) 2 Duo CPU P7450 2.13 GHz, 2133 MHz, 2 Lossnay Build 7600 system type, 2 logic or the BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard F.24 processors , 12/06/2009 \Device\HarddiskVolume1 SMBIOS Version 2.4 Windows directory C:\Windows directory C:\Windows\system32 peripheral initialization system local United the States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385" username madrona\majoraward Pacific Daylight Time zone installed physical memory (RAM) 3.00 GB Total physical memory 3.00 GB available physical memory 1.74 GB memory virtual 5.99 Total available virtual memory 4.66 GB Page file space 3.00 GB Page file C:\pagefile.sys

  I used here from method 3 with success. Basically just throw the disc to upgrade from in Windows and make install an inplace upgrade.

  http://www.winsupersite.com/article/Windows-7/clean-install-Windows-7-with-upgrade-media-128512

• When a blank CD is inserted in the CD drive, it gives the message "insert a disk in drive E".

  Original title: the Cd Player help

  Please help here tomorrow, I can insert an audio CD into my computer and snatch the music or listen, but when I put a blank cd, it says (Please insert a disk into drive E). I am wanting to put photos on the disc for me and my family, but I can't put it on a disc, if there is apparently no one.

  Hi JeffreyWalker1994,

  Welcome to the Microsoft community. According to the description of the problem when you insert a blank CD, it says please insert a disk into drive e. provide the following information:

  ·         Did you do changes on the computer before the show?

  ·         What is the full error message?

  This issue would have occurred after you installed, uninstalled or updated a program. I suggest you to follow the steps in the article and check.

  Your CD or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs

  Note: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following link. http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756

  I hope this helps. Let us know if you need more assistance.

  Thank you.

• Loading XP on a totally wiped hard drive

  I completely erase the hard drive of my laptop and I want now to load XP on but what I see is a command line based and I can't figure out how to get the CD with Windows to run. Any help out there?

  Hello

  You should make sure that rhe DVD / CD player is 1st in the boot order > and then boot from the XP disc

  "To change the Boot order in the BIOS.

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/SS/bootorderchange.htm

  Then follow the instructions:

  "How to perform a new Installation of Windows XP"

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/OperatingSystems/SS/instxpclean1.htm

  See you soon.

• I have a 45 GB hard drive which gives a msg of disk is low, but can only account for about 15 GB used. Run Disk Cleanup, but it did not help. I'm looking for why the drive is full?

  There is nothing huge load on the computer.  No photos, no videos and some documents.
  Even displays hidden files and still no explanation.
  Working on SP2... not enough space to install SP3.

  Download and run JDiskReport: http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

  This will show you what files take up space.

  You can run the disk cleanup tool (start > run > cleanmgr > OK), but if you still get low disk space message, I suspect that it's your System Volume Information directory.

  You must "show the hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" to see this directory, but it isn't something to mess with casually and the system normally will prevent you to do so.

  The IVR directory includes the restore points created by system restore and the database of indexing created if you let Windows index your drive.

  If you have not changed the default, the system restore will take up to 12% of your drive hard or about 5.4 GB of your 45 GB drive.  See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html as fill you the disk, the system restore can produce some of its space, but, in doing so, it will generate these warnings "low disk space".  If you're curious, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300044

  Windows XP provides a feature called the "Indexing Service" which can speed up the file searching in some cases.  As a general rule, speed is not overhead, both in system for indexing resources happens in the database index files that take place in the IVR directory.  See, for example, http://lifehacker.com/#! 031440/turn-off-indexing-and-speed-up-windows-xp

• Just reinstalled Windows 8, which wiped the drive hard, but now it says my hard drive is using more than half of its capacity, although it should be nearly empty.

  The title says it all.

  I reinstalled windows 8 which apparently erased from my hard drive. After starting my computer upward even once, I noticed that I had free 826GBs of 1.81 on my hard drive (Local disk (c)), even if it should be almost empty. When I pointed out all the contents of my hard drive and go to properties of what he says his only help 114GBs of space, unlike what 'My Computer' told me.

  I noticed that a folder in the drive Local (c) entitled "Windows.old" which has my old program files that would make account 96GBs of used space. I tried to remove that but he told me that I needed permission from the "SYSTEM".

  I need help with this problem, I still have to put my old files on my computer, which I'm sure that will exceed the alleged free space I have. If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate a step by step explanation. I can handle a correct amount of talk about the computer, but a lot of it goes over my head.

  Thanks :)

  FORGIVE ME IF I PUT THIS UNDER THE WRONG TOPIC!

  Try this:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-i-remove-the-Windows-old-folder

• I moved my photos on an external hard drive to give me space - now Lightroom can't find them - how do I resolve this issue please?

  I moved my photos on an external hard drive - lightroom 5 can't find them - I know not how to address this issue.  Can someone help me with this please?

  Right-click (Ctrl-click on Mac) on a parent folder and choose the location of the update folder.

  Then navigate to where your photos are stored.

  See the complete notes of Ian (Fig.8) to the attached link:

  http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm