Some help.

[charbel1011]

So I switched my ssds few days ago to a bigger one. And I wanna sell it. Now the problem is I was stupid and I forgot to remove my personal information and windows from it it was my primary bootable device. Now I wanna sell it on ebay. But im worried because I have my info in there and im afraid whoever gonna buy it. take my pictures,steal my info or whatever. Any solutions? or is it because my ssd was my primary bootable device they wont have access when they install it till they reformat it?

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, charbel1011 said:

So I switch my ssds few days ago to a bigger one. And I wanna sell it. Now the problem is I was stupid and I forgot to remove my personal information and windows from it it was my primary bootable device. Now I wanna sell it on ebay. But im worried because I have my info in there and im afraid whoever gonna buy it. take my pictures,steal my info or whatever. Any solutions? or is it because my ssd was my primary bootable device they wont have access when they install it till they reformat it?

DBAN. All you need. Bear in mind it's hard on SSDs, but it *will* scrub the drive clean

[charbel1011]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

DBAN. All you need. Bear in mind it's hard on SSDs, but it *will* scrub the drive clean

Let's say I didn't use DBAN and I sold it as it's. does he have access to my info? because the ssd was a bootable device windows is installed on it. Like I mean if he for example installed it wont he have problems running windows and etc.?

[kirashi]

Just now, charbel1011 said:

Let's say I didn't use DBAN and I sold it as it's. does he have access to my info? because the ssd was a bootable device windows is installed on it. Like I mean if he for example installed it wont he have problems running windows and etc.?

Yes, if you did not DBAN it and someone else has it, assume all your information is compromised on that drive. Change your passwords, prepare for naughty photos to leak (if you had any), and generally assume the data has been misused. That being said, there are some genuinely proper folk out there, such as myself (and I'd like to think most users on the LTT forums), who would buy a used drive, find someone's information on it, and choose to do the right thing by DBANing or nuking it themselves.

[Radium_Angel]

12 hours ago, charbel1011 said:

Let's say I didn't use DBAN and I sold it as it's. does he have access to my info? because the ssd was a bootable device windows is installed on it. Like I mean if he for example installed it wont he have problems running windows and etc.?

What the fellow above me said, I've gotten plenty of drives used, that were never properly wiped. I had access to enough data to steal tens of thousands of identities...

I haven't, because I have morals, but not everyone would.

*Securely* wipe your drive, or live with the consequences. 

 

[charbel1011]

2 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

What the fellow above me said, I've gotten plenty of drives used, that were never properly wiped. I had access to enough data to steal tens of thousands of identities...

I haven't, because I have morals, but not everyone would.

*Securely* wipe your drive, or live with the consequences. 

 

True. I will use dban thank u.