What to do with your old hard drives, and more!
 

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"At CFLGeek, we perform a data wiping service. This procedure SURPASSES government required level of security. It permanently shreds all your information. So bring in your old Hard drive. Let us take care of it. We will make your data "sleep with the fishes""

How much do you charge for this service?

there is no way I would entertain using your service if you cant tell what the charge would be.

Contact someone from the Village computer club. They are listed here in the section for clubs or in the Daily Sun Thursday club edition. These folks know more about this kind of thing and how it can or should be done. They also take old machines and clean and recycle and give to schools.

You might give him time to respond. The question was only asked a few minutes ago.

You can be sure that the fee will be dependent upon the size and type of the drive, not to mention the condition.

When my old laptop died i salvaged the drive, bought an enclosure with a USB cable ($30) and I use it as a backup drive on my new laptop.

we use the old hard drives for target practice!

Where can I go to do this? I could drill holes in it with a hand drill but I think plugging it with .38 special bullets would be more rewarding.

I have an old XP machine that could be used for target practice also.

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I smashed my with a hammer, then soaked it in water for a week. Hope that worked.

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Win XP
How do I find and change my computer ports?
I was trying to hook up to a wireless printer, and I changed to a USB port
and now I forget what I did. tnx bob

drill holes in and then send to a recycler or leave it to recycle..... do not pay money to wipe it clean just destroy it,,, the guys at any of the computer club can help u,,, give them the old machine they really to a great job.

The fellow from CFLGEEK is absolutely correct. And while your computer my be inoperative, the hard drive may very well be good and all that might be necessary is to remove it from the old machine and put it in another one and all your info is right there. You may think a hard drive is fragile, but not really so, they are a marvel of technology, rugged beyond belief! However, if you want to destroy the data and the drive itself, remove the 5 or more torx screws on the top, then feel for some indentations under the label on the top of the drive, you'll find a couple of indentations, there are two more screws underneath, remove those and the thin strip of tape joining the top cover of the drive and the frame of it, remove the cover, exposing the insides. Absolutely beautiful machining. Now take a large old rusty pair of gas pliers and bend the hell out of the disk. Your data is now history!

Everything you copy at Staples and Office Depot is on the copy machines hard drive.(Snopes it)Only IT's that want to see your data could access a hard drive that you format.All your banking and finance is done on their servers. No info is sent to your Windows folder.Plus you can download Wipe software for free.You need to remove the drive from the PC connect it with a external adapter to another machine and run the program.

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Sorry for the slow response. The professional data wiping service runs $59.99. Although shooting a hard drive is quite effective, you MUST shoot it on the bottom side. The top part is virtually bulletproof. I have had many a round come back to whiz past my ear.

You could get Gibbs from NCIS to shoot it for you, he is great at a long distance, doubt the round would come back.