Format Sony VAIO?

ByLuxii1234 August 3, 2024March 29, 2025

Hello everyone,

I want to format my old Sony VAIO so I can dispose of it. However, formatting is proving very difficult because the device no longer has any functioning USB ports, and Internet Explorer no longer works either.
This means I can't install any data deletion software, and I can't boot anything via the USB ports. Unfortunately, I don't know how else I can format or damage the laptop so I can dispose of it safely.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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wrglbrmpft

8 months ago

Sony Vaios usually have a maintenance flap under which the hard disk is. Turn a two screws out, turn a plate out, hit four times with a fist and the thing’s broken. It takes a few minutes. The other stuff with hard drive will cost too much time.

Which Viao model is it? Then you can show the maintenance flap.

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Luxii1234

8 months ago

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MichaelSAL74

8 months ago

Extend data carriers and then connect externally to another PC/Notebook

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Luxii1234

8 months ago

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Do not know me with the inner life of laptops.

MichaelSAL74

8 months ago

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then ask someone who knows

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