Advice when a selling a pc or laptop

[Madmaxx]

Hey I'm thinking of selling my laptop since I can use my PC now (moved so I have more room etc) and I just wondered if there was any steps I should take before popping it in ebay. Obviously I have websites that sign me automatically etc, and I saw on Aada's " selling pc price" thread that Kryten said

snip - Don't worry about the hard drive data - run dban over it and there's very little worry.

so is there anything else I should do? I looked online abit and some people recommend a complete re-install of the OS, my laptop came with windows7 on it etc (dont have cd's) so would restoring to factory settings surfice?

any tips would be handy thanks.

 

[Yaka]

use dban to wipe hdd it is very good wipe shit clean but as always nothing is ever totaly 100% so dont be suprised if some discovers yer pr0n habits, you can legaly down load a iso of win 7 from MS so use that to re-install if need be.

stuff to do before all that

check the following:-
all ports work inc vga and com ports etc
check dvd drive works and burns
check battery life- fully charge and actually use it till it runs outta juice and make not of the time
check hinges
dust the vents and fan holes- you hit them with a can of compressed aire or open it up and doit properly
give it a good wipe down
then take pics ove everything helps if some plonkers claims a port is broken, hingie is broken or screen is smashed etc

also mention if you are a chain smoker or not. i once 3 lappys to some i cleaned it throughly but forgot to mention the previous owner was a smoker (well i wasnt aware he was a smoker), i couldnt smell anything on the lappy but the buyer some how picked up a scent. ended up refunding the buyer to save me the hassle