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Best method for getting rid of old computer

Posted on 1/2/15 at 1:31 pm
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
1249 posts
Posted on 1/2/15 at 1:31 pm
What's the best method of getting rid of old computers and protecting myself from possible identity theft?

Do I need to be concerned with anything other than the hard drive?
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Member since Feb 2013
9437 posts
Posted on 1/2/15 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

What's the best method of getting rid of old computers and protecting myself from possible identity theft?



Magnet, Screwdriver, bullet, etc..

quote:

Do I need to be concerned with anything other than the hard drive?


No
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119881 posts
Posted on 1/2/15 at 1:34 pm to
Take the hard drive out and smash it. Recycle the rest.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
51950 posts
Posted on 1/2/15 at 3:16 pm to
Thermite is my method of choice.
Posted by LSshoe
Burrowing through a pile o MikePoop
Member since Jan 2008
4060 posts
Posted on 1/3/15 at 9:16 am to
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What's the best method of getting rid of old computers


If you want to recycle the old parts and are in the BR area there is CARC downtown that takes old computers and electronics. If you are elsewhere there are likely similar computer recycling places, you'll just have to look them up. Most places like this I believe do complete wipes on any drives they get, but if you have legitimately sensitive data on there I'd be safe and either physically destroy it as previously mentioned or get the software called DBAN that is a free bootable disk formatter.
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
5787 posts
Posted on 1/3/15 at 2:11 pm to
Drive encryption also helps, ie BitLocker or TrueCrypt. Probably not worth the effort for an old PC sitting in a closet though.
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