Dorchester Computer Exchange

BUYING

Are you thinking of buying a new computer?

Have you thought about what you are going to do with your existing computer?

Your local Dorchester computer services and repair company may be able to help!

Whether you have decided to purchase a new PC from from your local supplier or just use them for your installation they may be interested in your old computer.

For them to accurately access the value of your computer, they will probably need the following information:

- Processor Type (e.g. Pentium P4 1.8ghz)
- Memory Size (e.g. 512mb Ram)
- Hard Disc Size (e.g. 20gb)
- Operating System (e.g. XP Home)
- Graphics Card (e.g. ATI Radeon)
- Sound Card Y/N
- Speakers Y/N
- Monitor type and size (e.g. 15,17,19” or CRT or TFT

This information can be obtained in a number of ways, the specifications can be easily sought by clicking on the “start” menu, then “run” menu and type in “dxdiag”.

If you then “save all information” and e-mail it to them as a text file.

SELLING

If you do pass on or sell your old computer however do be aware of the dangers of Identity theft. Your hard drive even if you have deleted the information or even reformatted the disk, it will still contain retrievable files and information which can be accessed by the criminal fraternity using advanced data recovery techniques.

Ask you local Dorchester computer company  if they assist with certified disk wiping or disk destruction services as this is the safest way of ensuring that your data does not get into the wrong hands especially if you are selling your old system to an unknown buyer or on ebay for example.