This is a very fascinating topic because it hasn’t not only hovered on technology, but has also find itself in the courtroom. One can go crazy at the lost of a gadget costing thousands of dollars, one even go crazier when the laptop in question entails vital informations/datas.

In this article, three ways will be revealed to you on how your lost laptop can be recovered in a short period.

The first way it can be recovered: Have you heard of a storage website and software named “Dropbox”? It has become a very popular figure in the market as the added advantage is of a great help. The advantage is it’s ability to inform one of the very precise location His/Her laptop is, if only the computer is connected to the internet. So it is clear that the Dropbox brings the thief closer to you, if only you have the Dropbox installed in your laptop before the occurrence of the event.http://computerwidgets..com/2013/01/how-to-track-laptop-that-is-stolen.html

What will happen if the laptop is formatted b4 the thief start using it? Does this dropbox permamently stay even after formatting?

The possibilities of tracking a stolen laptop are very slim. This is because of the existence of experienced people who will not only format your lappy completely, but tweak the formatting to keep your personal files and folders.
The rookies may have a disadvantage to this as you had your computer passworded, but as stated above, the geeks will unblaze your system.
Come to think of it, the possibilities of getting to your desktop(if enabled) are slim, but if the guest account is enabled, it is easier. However, you don't expect the thief to use your operating system.