2nd/3rd hand laptops what do?

Ok guys i just bought (pic related) this laptop from a pawn shop.

while i'm going to wipe/redo the OS on it what is the first thing you do on such a machine? (don't lie and say you don't look for porn first)

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Since I've got more time than sense, the first thing I'd do is search exhaustively for any secret hardware that's spying on me.

But for a more reasonable person the first step after reinstalling the OS and critical applications should be to make a fresh disk image. That way if you ever need to start fresh again, you bring it back to a snapshot instead of having to reinstall everything and the kitchen sink.

I look for noods and then wipe and install whatever operating system I'm in the mood for. All the pawn shops around me are required to wipe and scrub the hard drive before they can sell it.
I do get good deals on laptops because some get password locked and they can't get in them.

>All the pawn shops around me are required to wipe and scrub the hard drive before they can sell it.
doesn't seem to be the case here where i live. all their laptops still had personal information on them. most seemed like they tried to just delete stuff but logins were still set.

heck i saw one laptop that had medical information (as if it came out of a doctor's office)

did they stop putting windows keys on the bottom of the laptops?

now *nix, hackintosh or wipe/rebild windows.

Install GNU/Linux.

Have you ever considered taking the damn thing open and wipe the hell of each and every crook and nanny with denatured alcohol?

hah this.
OP make photos in UV and post

i don't have a uv light or i would.. and it scares me to think about it...

>2017
>Buying a laptop with a cd-drive
Into le trash

>buy nice PC
>go Sup Forums to ask anonz 4 tips cuz anonz are nice.
>anonz make u think about jizz on keyboard.
>no profit

>what is the first thing you do on such a machine?

pull the hard drive ans stick it in a usb enclosure, plug it into my primary machine, then run Recuva or Testdisk and go through everything I find.

...

trips demand i do this.

but u will post nudez if u found

i stopped buying used tech when some user told the story of how he used to shove his cellphone up his ass to use it as a vibrator, but later he sold it on craigslist

i haven't pulled the drive yet.. messing arround looking at history ect.. bunch of youtube booty shake videos in IE history.. also found this pic.

damn... all these years on this site and this is the first time I got trips. dubs a plenty, even got quads a few times many moons ago, but never trips.

kek willed it. Witnessed.

the pc of a 12 year old

moaaar u can boot linux from usb then eg smashingapps.com/2011/08/11/5-must-have-file-recovery-tools-for-linux-users.html

see: Recuva under windows or Testdisk/Photorec under Linux or Windows is pretty much all you need.

>Testdisk/Photorec under Linux
saved

buuuuuuuuuuuump OP did u fond nudez? shalll we switch to IRC or something?

>buuuuuuuuuuuump OP did u fond nudez? shalll we switch to IRC or something?
no nudes. still messing in the laptop. found a bunch of college type work. pdfs and word documents. seems whoever pawned it was going to college. possibly a veteran.

op again.. still haven't gotten home to get my tools to open the pc up to gank the drive. hoping it's standard SATA (should be) don't have a usb enclosure handy for it.

tip4future. if u started OS deleted files have been overwritten.

haven't done a re-install yet. seems ok enough to keep as is. also happens to have latest version of office. has working av on it andstill comes up clean.

checked for usuall spyware and seems clean.

no winblows key underneath (sticker gone?)

i'll have to find pull the key from registry before i wipe if i want to go back to wangblows without paying for it.

Have you ever installed Windows before?

plenty of times but i don't have a spare key atm.

i mean every time when u use anything on PC temporary files etc overwrites deleted files; its decreasing chance 4 nudezzzz

good point.. i'll stop using it .. when i get home if this thread is still up i'll re-bump it. if not i'll start a new one with same pic i used for first post

hope ill found u :3 can u quote actual OP in future thread? it will be easier to found it in archive. bye :3

i'll remote desktop home and open the thread so i can link it /paste contents again

>he thinks normalfags store anything really interrsting on their computers

>undelete program for fap material
>fresh instal of your desired os
its that simple

bump

1. Scan HDD with testdisk
2. Recover personal info
3. Sell to shady fellow at the pawn shop
4. Install Gentoo.

bampu

Clean up your desktop.

i plan on it. just made a fresh login .. gotta rmove the bloatware still on it.

managed to pull the ms office 2016 key and wangblows 10 key

also has key for 1 year norton (probably worthless)

...

firefox. i like u even moar.

KEK WILLS IT

op bak here.. norton is going nuts removing infected files as i recover

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fak no. stop it. install linux on USB. plug out yo HDD 2 secure, redo.

will do need to find an iso. don't have one ready atm suggestions for fastest file recovery?

>will do need to find an iso.
lubuntu.me/
ugly, easy, fast.
>don't have one ready atm suggestions for fastest file recovery? dont know.

op back .. swapped to desktop. dling lubuntu

then i'll get hte recovery software next


so far only stuff recovered were some docs and crap images. (emojis ect) no porn.

update drivers
install software I normally use

nuuuu.
at least we tried.

pic of previous owner? or his kid?

2nd pic not emoji or some shit

kinda glad i din't find anything big in a way. could of found cp and then i'd have to call the cops/pawnshop. and be out the money i paid for it

buhahaha looks like last "owner" stole

but think about this fame on Sup Forums

could be. i'm finding other stuff that wasn't delted..

can u read metadata? maybe it contain GPS data?

not much info. no gps

taken 7/28

taken 6/24
THIS HAS GPS: (SEE PIC)

gps info puts it here:

findlatitudeandlongitude.com/?lat=29.722399&lon=-95.518885&zoom=&map_type=ROADMAP

any intrestiong comment?

tech-faq.com/how-to-read-windows-log-files.html
??

op here. that's like 45 min drive from my place.

i don't recognize those buisnesses tho.

The correct steps are lysol and screen cleaner, faggot.

i'll take a look at those now.

NOTHING out of the ordinary in event viewer

can u post logs on pastebin? im intrested (using linux have never seen win logs)
btw i just forgot about most inportand thing...
are there any passwords saved? (or at least browser history?)

oh shut the fuck up. not everyone can afford the latest lelnovo memepad. i'm posting this from a Dell Latitude D630 that i got a few weeks ago for $10 because it didn't turn on and didn't have a hard drive. turns out the LCD ribbon was partly unplugged and the laptop works 100% after putting in a cheap old HDD.

use an activator program and hope you don't get any viruses i guess?

i'll have to log into the original account (i have the password) i can post his history if you guys want for entertainment purposes.

logfires in windows are a fucking mess. it's not nice and tidy. every event is it's own entry not some large lofgile you can grep for specific info.

no viruses. seem free of spyware too. has like 50 days left on norton (gonna gank that shit)

brb logging into previous owner's account and posting some of his browser history .. (goddammit i hate IE)

well seems i have acess to his psn account

Search the hard drive for any files.

nope .. dint work

going to anything with login password is eitehr reset or the password doesn't work.

file diving it is!

>not buying a laptop with an optical drive
it's like you never had two storage drives.

seems he was a Houston Community College student..

some stuff written for economics class

also found this pdf (blocked name and certification #)

>only two storage drives
step it up