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How do you dispose of old computers and hard drives
Posted on 7/20/14 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 7/20/14 at 11:02 pm
Just curious how you all get rid of your old stuff
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Posted on 7/20/14 at 11:14 pm to HailToTheChiz
I rarely keep hardware past the point of it being not worth selling or keeping as a backup. For the rare exceptions, trash can.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 11:56 pm to HailToTheChiz
A shotgun got the best of my last computer.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 5:57 am to HailToTheChiz
Recycle the computer and drill a few holes through the hard drive
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:00 am to Pear
Pull the hard drive and shred it. Toss the rest.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:31 am to HailToTheChiz
like others said. drill the HDD keeps people from getting at your old stuff. then bring everything to best buy. they recycle it for free, or at least bring it some 3rd world country to recycle.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:32 am to HailToTheChiz
Come to think of it, I really don't know. They just vanished. Seriously.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:07 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
my last job we had a hydraulic press. Every time a hard drive came through, we crush it. Was a lot of fun.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:41 am to HailToTheChiz
Send the hard drive to the IRS
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:15 pm to HailToTheChiz
Best Buy will recycle your stuff for free. Though I would suggest killing the hard drive first.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:47 pm to Dirtman16
so a couple holes straight through the hard drive does the trick?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:48 pm to HailToTheChiz
these guys zloop
eta: realized tht was a national company, they have a franchise in lafayette, not sure where else.
eta: realized tht was a national company, they have a franchise in lafayette, not sure where else.
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:58 pm to HailToTheChiz
Sell them to the second-hand store
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:00 pm to HailToTheChiz
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so a couple holes straight through the hard drive does the trick?
Cut the ribbon cables, tear off the heads, scratch the shite out of the platters, and bend those frickers with a pair of pliers until they turn no more. Remove and keep the crazy powerful magnet.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:02 pm to HailToTheChiz
quote:A nice hammer works as well.
so a couple holes straight through the hard drive does the trick?
Or you can zero out the HD using DBAN, etc with a DOD spec and the drive is still usable with no worries about your data.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:08 pm to drizztiger
Yeah wtf is with these people physically destroying media? Even a 3-pass erase is overkill.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:10 pm to drizztiger
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Or you can zero out the HD using DBAN, etc with a DOD spec and the drive is still usable with no worries about your data.
I believe current thinking is that doing anything beyond writing random data to the drive or just zeroing it out is a waste of time. I recommend using full disk encryption on all drives in case you're unable to do that because the drive's truly dead, and you need to RMA it. Plus, it helps protect you against the common crackhead.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:14 pm to HailToTheChiz
I disassemble old drives and reuse the platters as drink coasters. It isn't hard to do, and it's interesting to see how drives have evolved over the years.
Everything else I take to the local county dump for electronics, most local governments have something set up.
Everything else I take to the local county dump for electronics, most local governments have something set up.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:54 pm to foshizzle
I like the magnets. They're fun. Magnets are fun.
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