Hi! I apologise for how messy this post is going to come across.

Back in April I returned a company laptop, and I forgot to wipe it. I was returning as quickly as possible to escape an abuser and there was no thought in my brain other than to flee the company and manager as quickly as possible.

2 days ago I received an email from my former manager asking for the recovery key since my company laptop was Bitlocker encrypted to my Microsoft Account. I got anxious reading the email because he sent it to my personal, NEW email account, which means he found more personal information on me.

Thankfully, a wonderful colleague helped draft email to send back that explained the BIOS should have a built-in feature to erase the media on partition. Or, alternatively, he can use a USB drive to create a Windows 11 Installation Media, which would also erase the media.

I hoped it would be the end of it. I was encouraged to move his email to the spam folder after that but I did not do it. I was so anxious about the whole thing.

Today, he sent an email back saying he still needs the recovery key.

I'm not an IT wizard. I have no idea if he's lying or if he genuinely needs it. I've returned company laptops before that weren't wiped and this is the first time I've encountered this issue.

I would appreciate any insight on this situation. Can he not wipe the computer? Does he really need the BitLocker key? I want this whole thing over as quickly as possible so I can move on and never have to think about him again.

Hey so I am a bit new to the pc and laptop stuff but will this cause any problems with my laptop?

Sorry for my weak English

Moore's Law is slowly disappearing, RAM prices are still high, how long will it be until 32GB of RAM becomes the minimum standard for a set of computers

i’ve been wanting to build a very novice level pc to put linux on and play around with the hardware/ software , with ram through the roof i want opinions on what the best option for low budget would be, i don’t really game so im not looking for anything crazy/ or worried about lag and performance .honestly price wise i’ve mostly been looking at i’ve been curious about the chromebook xe etc chrome book people have been using for cyberdecks, basically i just want something to do a really basic build but i don’t know enough about hardware to decide

hello when it comes to building pcs id consider myself a noob, so the question is is this prebuilt good (considering price u get for power) or am i getting ripped off? https://www.dubaro.de/configurator/2KCX-WJQQ-6FVJ-RXV2 i got the money to spend i just dont wanna overspend yk

I want to get a ibook g3 and use it in public, but I only want to bring it if it can have wifi. I'm not sure where to start.

I always have to wait like 20 mins til it stabilizes and then it runs normally but I’m tired of it.

I’m pretty sure what the issue could be, I had to fully restart it but the files from the old pc are still in that disk but combined with my current windows code so idk how to clean the disk without wiping my windows

Ryzen 7
16 gb RAM
GeForce 4080

Under device manager, for every listed mouse I unchecked the box for this setting. Moving the mouse still causes the PC to wake from sleep mode. What could be the problem? I'm on a laptop on W11

I noticed my computer started becoming slower and slower recently i’m going to take it in to see what they can do to upgrade it but it’s a very small case and a prebuilt so i’m not expecting much i was just wondering if this would be a good purchase if they can’t fix it

My current specs are
GPU: 3060 ti
CPU: 12th gen intel core i7-12700f
RAM: 32gb DDR4
SSD: 1tb Nvme dec Pc sn530
HDD: 1tb toshiba dt01

I have a question. Will this be enough to use for processors like core 2 duo or core i5-4460? Because I want to sell one of my junk stuff and I want to be certain that I won't fry everything upon the first startup or during the operating system installation due to overloading the lines.

Hi I'm a simple guy who build pc i don't have much knowledge when it comes to cutting metals.

Well i just went to a metal cutting shop via checking there work in gmaps cause they have laser cutting and tools the guy rudely said we cant cut it cause of holes i too didn't continued my conversation cause he was not interested or he might be thinking this is a small work in which he won't be earning much.

Well whats the method to cut the box in the panel?

It came with some thin double-sided tape, but it was too weak. So I tried this other double-sided tape roll I had (2nd pic), covering the back of the screen and pressing it against the the top fans, which kept it in place for a few hours, then it fell off again. Any recommendations for keeping it firmly in place?

Hi guys, I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with this and how to fix it,

Does this look like a failed source driver / COF on the panel, or could it be a T-con or loose FFC cable?
Is reseating the T-con to panel cables worth trying before giving up?

Any suggestions will help, thanks!

It was there last night and now it's just suddenly gone idk how to get it back there. I'm pretty sure I did nothing to make it that way since I didn't even use it last night so idk what to do

What do you think I should be doing...?

I must say I don't have any bancary information inside my computer.

AMD 9800x3D

AORUS INFINITY RTX 5080

64g ddr5 6000 cl30

Arctic pro 360 cooler

3 reverse, 5 forward 120mm fans

2 200mm front intake fans

ROG STRIX b850 wifi

Thermaltake view 390 air snow case

9.2 inch aux screen

LianLi strimers wifi, mb and CPU

Waiting for CPU strimer from USPS to deliver after holiday delay, but quick power up shows all up and running

Wtf is going on lmao

2023 Samsung book 3 ultra rtx 4050 i7-1360p

Went thrifting know the manager,
Grab this out of the bin unpriced

Guys doesn’t know much about it
Took it for $70CAD.

I’m so fucking lucky
(Even if it doesn’t work)
((It has the ram and seal))

Hi, I've spent the past week troubleshooting my hdd and my pc. I have the samsung hd204ui which I've changed from MBR to GPT, tested on 2 different pc's and it worked great on each system. Whenever I try to use it on my pc with a ryzen 5 8400f, the bios doesn't detect the HDD. Sata is in AHCI mode, bios is set to default, the HDD works fine, sata power and sata cable is fine and I tried different ports on my MB. I can't use CSM as my cpu doesn't have integrated graphics, I updated the bios to version 1A90, nothing changed. I'll edit this message if I remember anything else I've done as well. Any ideas on what I could do to try and make it work on my pc?