Selling old laptops

[mythingsforu]

I wasn't sure of where to post this, so mods...feel free to move it.

For anyone who knows about selling old laptops...is it possible to sell without an Operating System?

I am not sure how to totally clean all data off a laptop...I think there are always little bits of stuff still there even when you run one of

those cleaning programs.

AFAIK, the only way to be 100% safe is to remove the OS. But can it sell that way?

I have 2 laptops to list...both in excellent working condition (and not really that old) so I don't really want to ruin my chance of profit

Any advice?

Thank you.

[Pantlandia]

You sure can. Just be sure to note that it is without the OS (in the title and description).

[chapeaunoir]

I've sold several laptops. What I do is wipe everything with the DoD (Department of Defense) disc wiping utility (one example DoD) and then reboot with the backup disk that came with the machine - sometimes that can be pretty darned old, but people are purchasing the machine, not the software. You could also load linux, etc. onto it.