[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] recycling computers

[Larry Wittig]

One easy way to erase the HDD is to bake it in your oven -- say 400 degrees
F for 1 hour.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 1:09 PM Ted Kochanski <tedpkphd at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> It all depends on what is the sensitivity of the stuff on the disk -- if
> it is National Security stuff -- then crushing or grinding, melting, etc is
> what you to make sure nothing can be recovered
> I we are talking bank accounts, and such that is far too too much effort
> for the reduction of risk -- there are commercial programs which do a
> fairly good job
>
> for example the now Infamous Bleachbit
> from the wikipedia article
> BleachBit is a free and open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager,
> and computer system optimizer. The BleachBit source code is licensed under
> the GNU General Public License version 3.
>
> History
> BleachBit was first publicly released on 24 December 2008 for Linux
> systems.[3] The 0.2.1 release created some controversy[4] by suggesting
> Linux needed a registry cleaner.
>
> Version 0.4.0 introduced CleanerML,[5] a standards-based markup language
> for writing new cleaners.
> On May 29, 2009, BleachBit version 0.5.0 added support for Windows XP,
> Windows Vista, and Windows 7.[6]
> On September 16, 2009, version 0.6.4 introduced command-line interface
> support.[7]
>
> BleachBit is available for download through its website and the
> repositories of many Linux distributions.
>
> www.bleachbit.org
> Features
>
> Identifying and removing Web cache, HTTP cookies, URL history, temporary
> files log files and Flash cookies for Firefox, Opera, Safari, APT, Google
> Chrome
> Removing unused localizations (also called locale files) which are
> translations of software
> Shredding files and wiping unallocated disk space to minimize data
> remanence
> Wiping unallocated disk space to improve data compression ratio for disk
> image backups
> Vacuuming Firefox's SQLite database which suffers fragmentation
> Command line interface for scripting automation and headless operation
>
>
> Written in Python
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)>
> Operating system <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system> Microsoft
> Windows <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows>
> macOS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS>
> Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>
> Size <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_size> 11.5-12.2 MB
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte> (Windows)
> Available in 64 languages[2]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BleachBit#cite_note-2>
> Type
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches> Disk
> cleaner <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_cleaner>
> License <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license> GNU General
> Public License <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>
> Website www.bleachbit.org
>
> Ted
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 12:30 PM Edward Lipman <edward.lipman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> For $39 I'd use my own hammer!
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 9:51 AM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> FYI
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A friend has two OLD laptops.  One with Windows XP, the other Windows
>>> 7.  I called both Staples and Best Buy both of which will take them (and a
>>> lot of other stuff) at no cost.  However it does not include wiping the
>>> disk.  Staples offers that service @$29 each, and Best Buy @39 each.
>>> Neither could explain to me what a full erase means (for all I know they
>>> may open the case and use a hammer).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Rudy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 781-861-0402
>>>
>>> 781-718-8334  cell
>>>
>>> 13 Hawthorne Lane
>>>
>>> Bedford MA
>>>
>>> jjrudy1 at comcast.net
>>>
>>>
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