I am selling my laptop with ubuntu OS. How can I make sure that I have deleted all my stuff from the laptop so the new use cannot access any of my stuff. I want to keep ubuntu OS though. Also I am asking I'm not very good with technology and any help will be appreciated!
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I have an old laptop that is running Ubuntu. Now I want to give away this laptop, but I want to remove all private data. So what should I remove? I don't want to format the whole system, because the OS will be still in use by the new owner.
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I had a Mid-2012 MacBook Pro that recently stopped booting. I narrowed this down based on troubleshooting of the boot device to likely the SATA/hard drive connector/cable no longer working for whatever reason.  I have decided to sell the system. I'd like to know if I remove the hard drive (or in this case, an after-market SSD I've installed) from the system, will there be any other data (i.e. iCloud data) stored on the system on any other chip that I can reset in any way? I plan to reset the SMC/NVRAM before I sell the system off of to someone else.  Additionally, if I remove the hard drive, is the system still associated to iCloud (specifically Find My Mac) or any other service? If so, how do I disassociate it? The system will no longer boot even if I put in my boot device.  Thanks!
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I have a really old Windows XP computer with data still intact in its two hard disk drives. Due to stability issues with the motherboard hardware, this computer hasn't been able to boot up stably, but its data is safe and intact.  I have decided to throw away all the hardware as e-waste, except the hard disk drives, which I have kept in electrostatic protective bags. I am planning to retrieve the data from there using a HDD docking station such as this  but need some advice before proceeding.   Currently, my new computer is running Ubuntu 16.04. My understanding is just by attaching the old hard disks to the HDD dock, and plugging in that dock into my new Ubuntu computer, I will be able to access all data in the old hard disks as if they were external USB storage devices.   If my Windows XP machine had a login password, would this prevent me from accessing the data?  How would my Ubuntu OS work to perform the mounting of the hard disks onto its file system? Do I need to perform additional steps or run some software that can allow me to access the data? Would there be any incompability issues arising from the hard disks being Windows OS, but my computer being Linux?   Thank you.
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I am wondering, when you select the option of just "Try Ubuntu" instead of installing, where does Ubuntu store the files that you download / copy / save?  I right click in the Home folder, and it specified I had 4GB free space. Where did it get this 4GB space from, and if I transition to another OS system, how can I access or delete all the previous data from the session of "Try Ubuntu"?  Thank you!
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I would like to sell my Macbook Pro, but I want to make sure that there is no way to retrieve the deleted data from my SSD. Is there a way to completely delete all files on a hard drive so that even a forensic expert cannot recover anything?
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I'm considering ditching Windows 8 and doing a fully clean install of Ubuntu. However, I'm concerned because my computer came with a built-in 16 GB recovery partition that would need to be erased as well.   If I pick the "erase entire disk" option during installation, will it wipe out this recovery partition too?
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While installing Ubuntu in VirtualBox, the installer indicated it was going to erase all existing data on the disk. Does this only refer to the area I have allocated during setup or my entire hard drive. It seems obvious but it's quite a mistake to make since I'm not sure. Help.
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I had Windows 7 installed on my laptop, I installed Ubuntu and chosen the option to delete everything. But when I clicked that, it deleted my windows 7 partitions.  C: Windows  E: Documents F: Important Files   When doing a full wipe with Windows 7 it does not touch any other partitions just the C: drive. Now I have all the partitions merged together and I have lost my files. I have some really important files in the partitions that was deleted E:, F: is there anyway I could get them back.  I am new to Ubuntu and now I am stuck on it till I try and find my files back and change my partition to NTFS so windows can install.
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Any of the partitions makes in Windows was not recognised by Ubuntu, or Zorin OS, or LinuxMint. It's like a blank hard disc, 250 gb free. I'm a new Linux user, but what confuses me is that I was able to install Ubuntu alongside Windows on my laptop with no problems, but on PC... no way!
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I want to install a new Ubuntu on a drive where a previous Ubuntu system is already installed beside Windows7.  The first option says that only Ubuntu will be replaced.   The second says that all will be erased.  I only want Ubuntu replaced with the  new one while keeping Windows7 untouched.  Is the first option (“Erase Ubuntu16.10 and reinstall”) the good one in this case?
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New Ubuntu user here... I have Ubuntu on my 250GB SSD and I have another 500GB on my laptop that Ubuntu can't find. I'm not sure where or how to start finding it.
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By just typing some commands, how can Ubuntu be uninstalled? I don't want to install Windows or anything, leaving my PC without an OS.  Would this command work?  sudo rm -rf /
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I have installed Ubuntu as another OS on my laptop, and my default OS is Windows 7. I just want to know how to remove (or uninstall) Ubuntu without harming the other OS.  PS: Ubuntu and Windows 7 are both installed on one drive.
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I have a computer that dual boots Linux Mint, and Ubuntu, I am wondering what the best way would be to remove Linux Mint, then recovering the hard drive space that is resides in so that Ubuntu will be able to access it.
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I installed Ubuntu sometime back along side Vista, but later found that I rarely (if ever) use Ubuntu. How easy is it to return my computer to its initial state of having only one OS, and freeing up the hard-drive space used by the Ubuntu install?
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I am about to sell my old desktop PC and I am cautious about some of my sensitive information being available to the purchaser, even after reformatting the hard-drive, using data recovery software.  How can I securely wipe the hard drive so that the data on it cannot be recovered?  Although I specifically want help with my Windows PC, it wouldn't hurt if there were suggestions for Macs as well.
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I'm quite new to Ubuntu and want to create a backup. I'm really not sure what files and folders to include so that if I restore my system it will be as it is now. I can't seem to find good details of this anywhere. Hopefully someone could help me with this. Is it possible to backup everything as it is now so in the event of a system restore I don't have to reinstall programs and settings?