When You Buy A New Computer Do You Take A Sledge To The Old One?

[Dino Velvet]

I sure do.

Sammy Hagar - When The Hammer Falls. 12' EP Red Vinyl (2/3) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNkZ2NeBtY)

http://writeanything.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/sledgehammer.jpg

[9inchesthickncut]

I sure do.


nah ... in Seattle we recycle everything.

When I upgraded last year, I gave my old computer to a friend who scrubbed it and gave it to his 11-year-old neighbor — it was the kid's first computer.

[lifeisfiction]

Save your hard drive, get an enclosure, format the hard drive after you move everything you want off of it and use it as a backup drive. Too many good drives gonig to waste these days. There are a lot of good parts, but not being tech savy you waste more money then you should.

[betts]

no.
why on earth would you do that?

they get cannibalized for parts and built into something new...
or gifted to others that can still find a use for them.

[irvin66]

Not yet!

[surf4490]

If its bolloxed then ceremonial burning in the BBQ is fun ,so is filling it with fireworks :banana:

[irvin66]

Think I'll use the goddamn shotgun on that shit! :pissed:

[Foggy]

There ain't a hammer big enough.

I do have a hydraulic crusher thing. I may have to fire it up.

[NightmareX0666]

Take the machine to the field and dish out some old fashion justice.

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[Vladimir Putin]

No, I first empty out the information and then either give it away or turn it in to an electronic recycling center.

[Willie Escalade]

My Commodore 64 is still in the closet...and it's fully operational.

[NightmareX0666]

My Commodore 64 is still in the closet...and it's fully operational.

Before I moved to Vegas I had to give the TRS-80 CoCo2 away (had to travel extremely light) that was 14 yrs ago. I still head to Goodwill or Savers Thrift when I can to see if I can find one...

[sheyum]

Dino
are you referring to the fact that you fear the terabyte of depraved--unspeakable filth that you have on it will fall into the wrong hands???





I sure do.

Sammy Hagar - When The Hammer Falls. 12' EP Red Vinyl (2/3) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNkZ2NeBtY)

http://writeanything.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/sledgehammer.jpg

[flabbybody]

nah ... in Seattle we recycle everything.

When I upgraded last year, I gave my old computer to a friend who scrubbed it and gave it to his 11-year-old neighbor — it was the kid's first computer.
I don't think there's enough scrubbing in the world that would make me feel comfortable about giving my pc to an 11 year old

[Dino Velvet]

Dino
are you referring to the fact that you fear the terabyte of depraved--unspeakable filth that you have on it will fall into the wrong hands???

I just can't part with 4TBs of the "sickest shit ever" on that external hard drive of mine. I hide that shit in the gun safe.

[Dino Velvet]

My Commodore 64 is still in the closet...and it's fully operational.

When you're Jones'n for some Ms PacMan I bet you bust that bad boy out.

[DandyDog]

I pull the hard drive and stash it. The rest gets tossed into a heap that I use for parts (fixing friend's computers). I only want to take a sledge hammer to it before the replacement computer arrives. After that, I can be civilized.

[flabbybody]

so a serious question: If I want to give a young child my old pc (with a working hard drive), how can I be sure all the nasty stuff's been erased?

[maxpower]

so a serious question: If I want to give a young child my old pc (with a working hard drive), how can I be sure all the nasty stuff's been erased?


Search on the web for a zerofill program. It will literally overwrite every bit of data space on a drive with a zero. After that you can reformat and it should be good to go.

[betts]

so a serious question:


http://www.dban.org

[Willie Escalade]

I don't think there's enough scrubbing in the world that would make me feel comfortable about giving my pc to an 11 year old
Now THAT'S funny :D

[Dino Velvet]

Chisel before you scrub, Flabby. Only way to get the worst smears off.

[kukm4]

http://www.dban.org
co-sign on this.

[Quiet Reflections]

If I need a new computer I build one not buy one. If any parts are worth saving I keep them and toss the rest.

[livepersona]

Use this program first. It should erase all of the data on your machine. http://www.dban.org/

[GroobyKrissy]

I build a new computer about every year and a half. Usually I donate the old one to a local school or non-profit. My current PC is one that I will probably keep for a couple of years though... it is a beast :)