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Where to get rid of an old computer

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  • 18-09-2012 11:26pm
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    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭


    Hi as the title says I'm wondering where is the best and safest way to get rid of an old pc. I'm from Dublin.


    Thanks in advance


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    RUCKING FETARD
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    Tommy Dillon wrote: »
    Hi as the title says I'm wondering where is the best and safest way to get rid of an old pc. I'm from Dublin.


    Thanks in advance
    If you're gonna leave the Hard Drive in it, read this and then bring to your nearest.

    Or take out Harddrive and bring the rest to your nearest.

    Smash harddrive to a gazillion pieces with Thors hammer or drill hole in it, pop in the attic or whatever.


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    RUCKING FETARD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    Did you name yourself after dude from Fair City?


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    Richard Dower
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    RUCKING FETARD wrote: »
    If you're gonna leave the Hard Drive in it, read this and then bring to your nearest.

    Or take out Harddrive and bring the rest to your nearest.

    Smash harddrive to a gazillion pieces with Thors hammer or drill hole in it, pop in the attic or whatever.

    Why throw away the HDD?....take it out and buy an external enclosure....you can get SATA or IDE ones off ebay for under a fiver shipped!


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    RUCKING FETARD
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    Richard Dower wrote: »
    Why throw away the HDD?....take it out and buy an external enclosure....you can get SATA or IDE ones off ebay for under a fiver shipped!
    Ah right yea, I was assuming (jumping the gun) that it's broke.:o


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    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    No it's not broken but it's old and really slow and got a new one. Why is it so important to smash the hard drive?

    Thanks very much for your advise


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    subway
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    recycling places will sell on or re-use salvageable parts

    http://www.zdnet.com/one-in-10-secondhand-hard-drives-hold-residual-data-4010025982/


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    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    subway wrote: »
    recycling places will sell on or re-use salvageable parts

    http://www.zdnet.com/one-in-10-secondhand-hard-drives-hold-residual-data-4010025982/


    Brilliant thanks very much. (I'd thank your post if I knew how to on this phone) now to find out how to get the hd out

    Edit. It worked this time


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    coylemj
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    This crowd will take it off you and scrub the hard drive, they recondition old PCs and send them to developing countries.

    Camara Education is a registered charity that provides educational content on refurbished computers to disadvantaged schools in Africa, Jamaica and Ireland providing children with digital literacy.

    Drop off your old computer for reuse in education and we will provide secure wiping of all hard drive data to U.S. Department of Defence standard 5220.22M. IT recycling is also provided as any equipment that cannot be reused is recycled at a licenced WEEE facility in Ireland.

    http://camara.org/give-computers/ireland/personal/


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