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Old desk top computers... 09:25 - Mar 16 with 2015 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Does anybody know how to go about cleaning it up before it goes to the tip?
Yes I know....a duster and a damp cloth!

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Old desk top computers... on 09:27 - Mar 16 with 1827 viewsDanTheMan

Smashing the hard drive is always a good idea.

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Old desk top computers... on 09:31 - Mar 16 with 1807 viewshoppy

Sledgehammer?

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Old desk top computers... on 09:27 - Mar 16 by DanTheMan

Smashing the hard drive is always a good idea.



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Old desk top computers... on 10:00 - Mar 16 with 1734 viewsSouperJim

Take the hard drive out and drill through the middle of it in a couple of places with a HSS drill bit

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Old desk top computers... on 10:05 - Mar 16 with 1705 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Old desk top computers... on 09:27 - Mar 16 by DanTheMan

Smashing the hard drive is always a good idea.


And there was me thinking there might be a bit of software!

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Old desk top computers... on 10:07 - Mar 16 with 1699 viewsDanTheMan

Old desk top computers... on 10:05 - Mar 16 by BanksterDebtSlave

And there was me thinking there might be a bit of software!


There is but only if you wanted to keep the drive!

Just trashing it is genuinely the best method of disposal.

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Old desk top computers... on 10:07 - Mar 16 with 1697 viewsnoggin

I usually just clear the history and reset to factory settings but then I have no secrets.
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Old desk top computers... on 10:13 - Mar 16 with 1674 viewsGeoffSentence

Old desk top computers... on 10:07 - Mar 16 by noggin

I usually just clear the history and reset to factory settings but then I have no secrets.
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What? not even banking or other financial details?

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Old desk top computers... on 10:16 - Mar 16 with 1660 viewsbluelagos

Are we allowed to speculate on what it is you are keen to clean from said computer ?


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Old desk top computers... on 10:17 - Mar 16 with 1661 viewsDubtractor

Old desk top computers... on 10:00 - Mar 16 by SouperJim

Take the hard drive out and drill through the middle of it in a couple of places with a HSS drill bit


This.

Though, with my knowledge of what happens to your waste, if you chuck it in the small electrical container it will get crushed in the container, and then shredded when it gets to the processing plant. So I'd be fairly relaxed about it anyway.

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Old desk top computers... on 10:21 - Mar 16 with 1644 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Old desk top computers... on 10:07 - Mar 16 by DanTheMan

There is but only if you wanted to keep the drive!

Just trashing it is genuinely the best method of disposal.


Oh goodie!! Thanks.
Edit...hope it has hard drive written on it.
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Old desk top computers... on 10:23 - Mar 16 with 1626 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Old desk top computers... on 10:16 - Mar 16 by bluelagos

Are we allowed to speculate on what it is you are keen to clean from said computer ?



Of course but you know it's ' The Anarchist Cookbook.'

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Old desk top computers... on 10:31 - Mar 16 with 1597 viewsDanTheMan

Old desk top computers... on 10:21 - Mar 16 by BanksterDebtSlave

Oh goodie!! Thanks.
Edit...hope it has hard drive written on it.
[Post edited 16 Mar 2022 10:22]


You're looking for something that looks like one of the following:


If it's an NVMe it'll be on the motherboard though which is harder to find without knowing what you're looking for.

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Old desk top computers... on 10:34 - Mar 16 with 1575 viewsDinDjarin

Download a tool, Eraser is one and then you can securely wipe the drive.

Basically it uses a data sanitization algorithm to do multiple passes on each block on the drive. The more passes the better.
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Old desk top computers... on 10:36 - Mar 16 with 1570 viewsDinDjarin

Old desk top computers... on 10:07 - Mar 16 by noggin

I usually just clear the history and reset to factory settings but then I have no secrets.
[Post edited 16 Mar 2022 10:08]


Chances are the data may still exist on the disk as when you delete stuff all it does is remove the links. The data is still there until overwritten with new data.
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Old desk top computers... on 10:41 - Mar 16 with 1545 viewsnoggin

Old desk top computers... on 10:36 - Mar 16 by DinDjarin

Chances are the data may still exist on the disk as when you delete stuff all it does is remove the links. The data is still there until overwritten with new data.


Thanks, I'll remember this in future. Thankfully I've been safe until now.

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Old desk top computers... on 12:03 - Mar 16 with 1411 viewsGuthrum

I just tend to install the old hard drive into the new machine. Or stick it in a USB external box to make data transfer easier (or save having to) and act as a backup device.

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Old desk top computers... on 12:30 - Mar 16 with 1338 viewsBlueBadger

Old desk top computers... on 10:23 - Mar 16 by BanksterDebtSlave

Of course but you know it's ' The Anarchist Cookbook.'


Why would anyone be interested in a publication full of meal ideas for filthy lentil-obsessed hippies?

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Old desk top computers... on 12:55 - Mar 16 with 1271 viewsBlueBadger

Old desk top computers... on 12:30 - Mar 16 by BlueBadger

Why would anyone be interested in a publication full of meal ideas for filthy lentil-obsessed hippies?


I mean, that IS what an anarchist cook IS, right?

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Old desk top computers... on 13:04 - Mar 16 with 1261 viewsblueasfook


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Old desk top computers... on 13:55 - Mar 16 with 1179 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Old desk top computers... on 12:55 - Mar 16 by BlueBadger

I mean, that IS what an anarchist cook IS, right?


They are mostly road kill based.

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Old desk top computers... on 14:03 - Mar 16 with 1174 viewsmutters

If are talking about data....

I tend to take out the HD and have them sit in my desk for about 10 years before eventually doing something with them.

I used to reformat the drive 7 times as this is supposed to ensure that all the mappings on the HD are overwritten. However, this is an absolute ballache and takes too long so I now tend to smash them to bits, cut them up and slowly put the bits in the bin over the course of a few months.

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Old desk top computers... on 14:25 - Mar 16 with 1133 viewsEireannach_gorm

Old desk top computers... on 10:05 - Mar 16 by BanksterDebtSlave

And there was me thinking there might be a bit of software!


Boot & Nuke will do it for free.

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-erase-a-hard-drive-using-dban-2619148
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Old desk top computers... on 14:59 - Mar 16 with 1090 viewsSouperJim

Old desk top computers... on 14:25 - Mar 16 by Eireannach_gorm

Boot & Nuke will do it for free.

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-erase-a-hard-drive-using-dban-2619148


Dban is very good, used it myself quite a few times when I want to resell the machine but would always recommend physical destruction for the less techy, as most people can unscrew and drill through a hard drive without any other prior knowledge.

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Old desk top computers... on 16:40 - Mar 16 with 1016 viewsSwansea_Blue

I've got a foolproof method. Don't take it to the tip.


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