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‎01-18-2012 12:28 AM

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Some one stole my Hp laptop can it be tracked by its serial number

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‎01-18-2012 12:36 AM

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Hi,

 

Very sad. Anyway, please try this:

 

  http://www.ehow.com/how_4500828_privately-track-missing-laptop-computer.html

 

Good luck.

BH
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‎09-22-2012 04:22 AM

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Some one stole my Hp laptop can it be tracked by its serial number

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‎03-22-2013 05:14 PM

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Use http://www.tracechecker.com/about_trace.php

 

Their database connects to law enforcement databases and you can also file your own reports with them to ensure that your not buying or selling stolen stuff. It's entirely free.  Services such as those mentioned on ehow are preventative only, but they do offer $1000 (some of them) for the return of your laptop.

 

I buy and fix laptops as a side business and this is the service I use to know what I'm buying. The $1000 rewards are nice to find.

 

You can also register your product with it prior to losing it for free. Then the day it gets stolen, just go and report it.  If you report it to law enforcement it should show up in their database too.

 

To get the serial number, you can contact the manufacturer if you registered it, or even the store you bought it from usually records the serial when you buy it and can trace every purchase made in their store via your credit card if you give them an approximate date. Every retailer can do this, though some managers might not know how.

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‎03-22-2013 08:15 PM

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Oh yeah, the free software recommended at ehow is no longer being developed it seems. There are other free options out there.
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‎07-04-2013 11:40 AM - last edited on ‎10-26-2016 08:04 AM by Retired

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‎10-26-2016 05:56 AM

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hello bro....I have just lost my hp pro book laptop..it was locked by fingureprint...is it enough to make it secured??I did not install any tracking software...
but is it possible to track it by either mac address or product no or serial num.....
plz inform...
thanks in advance
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‎02-21-2018 03:40 PM

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No serial number handy...any help?

 

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‎11-15-2018 05:41 AM

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I lost my HP laptop.

Its very important in my life, unfortunately  I lost it while travelling,

is there any option to track it??

similar to apple laptop. 

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