Getting rid of old pc

TelePaul · 03-10-2007 4:40pm #1

Is there a safe way to do this? The thing's ancient and my folks want to get rid of it. Theres probably a few personal finance docs on it and I'd like to get rid of anything personal before sending it to the dump I suppose. I don't have the original OS on disc, so I'm not sure how to format.

vasch_ro · 03-10-2007 4:45pm

there is a crew who send old pc's top africa for use there , might be worth checking out ......

Dizzyblonde · 03-10-2007 4:47pm

If it's Pentium III or better, www.camara.ie recycle old pc's and send them to Africa

Ghost Train · 03-10-2007 5:13pm

create a disc with dban, that will securely wipe the hard drive

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/

TelePaul · 03-10-2007 6:06pm

Cheers lads. Don't think it's Pentium 3! I'll try that D Boot thing, cheers. It's not a massive deal if it doesn't work.

TelePaul · 03-10-2007 6:30pm

Hmmm I tried installing it on a floppy drive. Haha, floppy, archaic eh! It doesn't seem like it wants to co-operate, something about an 'older utility'.

Ghost Train · 03-10-2007 6:41pm

was this creating the disc or trying to boot the disc

might just be best to just remove the hard disk and hit it a few times with a hammer,

will be easier and more fun

TelePaul · 03-10-2007 7:28pm

eolhc wrote:

was this creating the disc or trying to boot the disc

might just be best to just remove the hard disk and hit it a few times with a hammer,

will be easier and more fun

It was creating the disc. I already told my dad to take it apart - he loves taking stuff apart.

Getting rid of old pc

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