If you have a second-hand PC just lying around and gathering dust, you may want to sell it for extra dollars. For sure there are buyers out there who would want to buy your second-hand, outdated PC because they are a little short to buy a new one. You can post your ad on Craigslist but before you sell your old PC, here are just 4 things you need to do first:
- Run a virus scan – there may be viruses on your PC or some malwares and adwares. Make sure you get rid of all of these first before you let the buyer use it.
- Transfer Data - for sure you wouldn’t want the new owner to still have the copy of your data on your PC. Transfer all your data to your new PC.
- Clean the drives – some necessary data may be kept on your hard drives without your knowing. You may have inputted your credit card number on the internet and may have saved some of your passwords so you better delete everything in the drives for your own safety.
- Speed it up – outdated PCs usually would run slow on recent operating systems such as the Windows Vista so better use Vista Services Optimizer or StartUpLite to speed up the startup.
When you do these then you are ready to sell your PC on Craigslist and sell it for a decent price.
Here’s a suggestion to anyone that is going to sell a PC on Craigslist. Make sure that you wipe the hard drive at least once so that the risk of the new owner obtaining sensitive data is limited. The recommended number of formats before transferring the drive to someone else is seven.