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    Returning my 1645

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by RyGuye45, Dec 9, 2009.

  1. RyGuye45

    RyGuye45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all, I'm going to be sending back my sxps 1645 to dell. It seems like this whole model is buggy and I don't feel like paying good money to be their beta tester. So I'm wondering what the best way to wipe my solid state drive is. What is the best way to ensure private data is completely gone on an SSD before it goes back?
     
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    n3verm0re Notebook Consultant

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    I've always been a fan of Eraser.

    Basically, the idea is that you'd delete your personal data from the drive and then run Eraser (which would actually make your deleted data as unrecoverable as possible). Obviously if you're hoping to just wipe out the drive, this won't be ideal for you... but perhaps you could restore the drive to it's original state using the recovery partition or DVD, and then run Eraser on the result.
     
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    Ultimate Boot CD has several drive wipers on it.. You just need one that writes zeros across the drive.

    Wondering why you feel you need to ship your SXPS back though, I love mine, don't feel like a beta tester at all..
     
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    good luck with return, let us know what excuse dell helpdesk will use to not to accept the return...
     
    gszech, Dec 9, 2009
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    Well there's a random crash problem that's been plaguing many of us. There's also a display failure problem that's happened to various people. I got both of those. Then there is the unresolved throttle issue. I'd just rather be working with my computer than on my computer.

    Dell didn't give me much of a problem but I was on hold forever. Who knows, maybe I'll reorder this model if I feel confident they can deliver a stable system later on.
     
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    I haven't heard of a single random crash plague.... never had my laptop crash a single time to be honest.
     
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    Go grab 1640 =D
     
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    Sounds like a bunch of people doing it wrong.

    EDIT: Yep before I even read the thread I KNEW it would be either and SSD issue or a RAM issue.

    Theres a big reason i turned down getting 6GB of RAM in this system: they wouldn't be matched sticks.

    Doing it wrong :p
     
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