Hi All,
This may sound strange but please assist if you can. Recently sold an old laptop but in the process of resetting it to sell it supposedly failed to remove all personal files, however it started up like a brand new install of windows. I tried the reset again for good measure but same error, but since there were no files left on it I just left it. Now, im a bit paranoid about what if something is still on it, my old user profile is completely gone and I set it up with a new profile for the new owner (my house mate), is there anyway they could get back my old data?, or is the warning from windows just rubbish ?
This may sound strange but please assist if you can. Recently sold an old laptop but in the process of resetting it to sell it supposedly failed to remove all personal files, however it started up like a brand new install of windows. I tried the reset again for good measure but same error, but since there were no files left on it I just left it. Now, im a bit paranoid about what if something is still on it, my old user profile is completely gone and I set it up with a new profile for the new owner (my house mate), is there anyway they could get back my old data?, or is the warning from windows just rubbish ?