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Old 07-11-2024, 09:43 AM
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What is the safest way to dispose of non-working laptops that may contain financial data on hard drives? Can computers shops be trusted? Don't want to get in a situation like a "certain politician's" son did. When I was working, I would remove the drives and put them in one of the hydraulic presses at work.
Take the hard drive out. Take it to the shooting range as a target.

Theres gold in that laptop. I'll take it if you don't want it, minus the hard drive.