Break them up with a hammer or pliers - and

Posted: Oct 11th, 2021 - 3:09 pm In Reply to: First off, remove the hard drives. - sm

discard the resulting pieces in separate trash bags. You can also soak the pieces in paint thinner probably even just water to make extra sure the data is unrecoverable.

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I have 2 computers from previous jobs. I am now retired. (sm) - Old Timer (Views: 657, 2021-10-11, 10:33 am)
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