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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: DonnyNoel on March 06, 2011, 11:08:19 am

Title: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: DonnyNoel on March 06, 2011, 11:08:19 am

Anyone on here got any tips for the best way to go about this? My mum wants to get rid of her old Windows98 abacus and whilst there was hardly ever anything on it of note regarding personal information (it may never even have been connected to the internet either) she's wanting to make sure its permanently erased before it goes to the tip.

It doesn't have to be technical - just let me know how big the hammer needs to be and where to point it.

Ta muchly.

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: jucyberry on March 06, 2011, 11:22:28 am

Just get a nice screwdriver and dismantle it a bit at a time, like mecchano in reverse.. it's facinating.. (I'm so sad) lol

then if you are using a hammer just smash the hard drive I guess.. Not in the least technical, but very enjoyable... :laugh:

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: nightporter on March 06, 2011, 11:28:00 am

Smashing a hard drives not as easy as you might think and they're hard to get inside too. You can get software off the net that will wipe it so that even the FBI couldn't get read it. Or you could just take a big hammer to the connections.

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: DonnyNoel on March 06, 2011, 01:28:44 pm

OK (stop). Hammer time!

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: Snods Shinpad 2 on March 06, 2011, 05:13:02 pm

Put the harddrive in a bucket of bleach, then whack it in the microwave.

Should do the job.

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: BobG on March 06, 2011, 10:06:44 pm

Now that is one killer app that Snod! Like it....

BobG

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: Viking Don on March 09, 2011, 01:08:24 am

In my experience you simply have to copy something really important to it that you don't have any other copy of, then just delete the original. Hey presto, the drive is truly f**ked.

That and very large magnets. Don't ask why I collect very large magnets.

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: German Rover on March 09, 2011, 08:10:41 am

Had to dispose of a big stack of hard drives at work a couple of years ago found sledgehammers and Fijians combined did the job for me :-D

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: bobjimwilly on March 09, 2011, 08:37:59 am

Quote from: \"Viking Don\" post=145868

In my experience you simply have to copy something really important to it that you don't have any other copy of, then just delete the original. Hey presto, the drive is truly f**ked.

Brilliant, and very true :laugh:

Title: Re: Disposing of an old PC?
Post by: RobTheRover on March 09, 2011, 12:57:58 pm

A screwdriver hammered through the disk works a treat.