Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - disposal of dead computers
View Single Post
 
Old 11-21-2013, 10:59 PM
CFrance's Avatar
CFrance CFrance is offline
Sage
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Tamarind Grove/Monpazier, France
Posts: 14,705
Thanks: 390
Thanked 2,132 Times in 877 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by 2BNTV View Post
A good idea, but I believe some info from the hard can be retrieved, by special software. Someone who knows what they are doing can do this. However if you are giving it to someone you know and trust, you should be safe. IMHO

Maybe it's the techie in me but I found a good couple of hits from a hammer will destroy the hard drive. If one wants to really ensure no info can be taken form the hard drive, physically tearing the hard drive into pieces will definity
work.
Right... I just would not put a laptop out on the curb for the trash without destroying the hard drive. Used to be Goodwill would recycle computers.
__________________
It's harder to hate close up.