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I have a laptop that I would like to auction on ebay for spares/repairs, but firstly I would like to remove any personal data from the hard drive

I can't get the laptop to start up, I believe the power cord is faulty (I've had to replace this a few times in its 6 year life span), and there is no power in the battery.

Is there any way I can access/wipe the hard drive without having to purchase a new power cord? A new power cord will cost more than I would get for the laptop, so I'm trying to avoid this if possible.

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If your laptop is no longer under warranty, you can remove the HDD from it and then get an HDD to USB connector. Hook it up to a working computer and then transfer anything you need. Just remember that you may run into some problems when doing this as windows protects a lot of files.

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