Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon - Page 2

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

Update from the OP OMG Im an IDIOT. We have WINDOWS 7 on our laptops! Wait till I tell my husband tomorrow. And Im supposedly the computer person in the house! Here I am ranting and raving! After seeing Biancardis (thank you!) post I looked. I feel SO dumb now! I swore we had XP. LOL.

And thank you for asking Deb -My back is better than it was so far (fingers toes and everything crossed!).

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make~ The Beatles

luvmyteddy4 · ‎09-04-2010

What are we suppose to do with the XP notebook? I have one that works great but I bought a Window 7 a couple of years ago. They both have the same info on them. I finally unplugged the XP and don't use it but how do you get rid of it when it still has personal info on it.

Do I take it somewhere to have everything deleted or what? Would someone want to buy it for parts, you can't just throw them away. I don't want to spend any money on it especially since I don't use it anymore.

This isn't something I could do myself so I would need help.

glb613 · ‎03-09-2010

Take the hard drive out of the computer then recycle. You can also buy a program called wipe drive and it will wipe the drive multiple times making it unreadable. I've used it when donating or selling my old computers.

Wipe Drive

CouponQueen · ‎10-21-2010

I bought a new computer in January when they announced support ending.. It was time to upgrade to modern technology lol.

I wasn't a fan of Windows 8 UNTIL I got used to it. Nobody is good with change!

glb613 · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/4/2014 CouponQueen said:
I bought a new computer in January when they announced support ending.. It was time to upgrade to modern technology lol.

I wasn't a fan of Windows 8 UNTIL I got used to it. Nobody is good with change!

Speak for yourself. There are plenty of people who are good with change and like it.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

We have an HP desktop that is about 12 years old. DH said he is going to continue to use it until it dies or freezes up then get one of the all in one new computers. In the meanwhile he has backed everything on this computer up onto CDs like our photos, and some important papers he has copied into there. We have printed paper copies of our tax returns. I think my hubby is happy to have an excuse to buy a new computer soon. i always use my tablet so this is all up to him- he uses the desktop.