<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">Thank 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><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#444444">Deb </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:21 AM Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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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
Montague WebWorks
20 River Street, Greenfield, MA
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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
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Hi folks, </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 my files off beforehand, this week
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