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<p><font face="Calibri">Very satisfying. If you really want to get
into the guts, unscrew the casing and use sandpaper on the
platters.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri">BTW, the "leave it outside in the weather"
is to give the ants an opportunity to move in. :-)<br>
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<p><font face="Calibri">Mik<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Mik Muller, president
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/25/2024 11:26 AM, Deborah Chandler
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you, Mik and others, for sharing your wisdom. I will take the
data from your expertise and make some sound decisions.
Throwing hard drives onto the ground and drilling lots of
holes, that actually sounds fun. :-) </div>
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<p><font face="Calibri">To ensure my old HDs are unreadable,
I prefer to use a metal drill bit and make lots of holes
in the drive, then soak it in dishwater for an hour,
then leave it outside in the weather for a while before
dropping it off at the transfer station as scrap metal.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri">I saw a horrific news story once
about large corporations selling their old digital
copiers and printers to bulk buyers, who eventually
shipped them off to Russia. Great! How much info did
they just hand over? I will never copy my tax returns at
Staples.</font></p>
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<pre cols="72">Mik Muller, president
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<div dir="ltr">Your best bet is to wipe (format) the
entire drive and reload the OS. Not 100% secure but
the average person won’t get in. The G4 is so old it
won’t be useful to anyone. Take the hard drive and
smash it against the ground a few times, then
recycle. <span></span></div>
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Could someone guide me on the best way to clear
personal data off a computer, but leave software on
there? I have a MacPro desktop computer and a G4
desktop that I want to give away, and need to clear
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