[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] recycling computers
Drew King
dking65 at kingconsulting.us
Mon Feb 20 12:15:35 PST 2023
There is another option.
Find, and take the PC's to a local computer group refurb shop.
Here, in Sarasota, our user group takes in used equipment, recycles what
can't be used, and repairs & re-distributes what can be to those in
need. Everything gets securely wiped for free.
https://www.thestug.org/refurb_files/refurb.html
Perhaps, some user group in your local area does the same.
Drew.
On 2/20/2023 3:00 PM, Ted Kochanski wrote:
> If you bake a computer in your oven -- I doubt that any recycler would
> want to get the remnants from you
> There are plenty of things inside the computer and even inside the
> Hard drive not compatible with that temperature
>
> If all you want to do is destroy the computer -- take the cord coming
> from the power adapter to the computer and cut it -- then cut the cord
> on the other side of the power adapter so that the power adapter is
> not connected. Now just splice the cords together -- don't worry
> about the polarity
> Now plug the computer into the wall and stand back -- the 120 VAC
> applied to the computer will fritz many if not all of the
> semiconductors -- leaving a totally non functional smoking heap of stuff
>
> The data might still be on the disk platters of the Hard Drive but
> without disassembling the drive and remounting the platters on a new
> spindle with new heads there is no way to get to it
>
> Taking a drill and drilling through the hard drive is equally as effective
>
> But --why bother?
>
> Ted
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 2:05 PM Larry Wittig <9423lew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you're going to bake, as I suggested,it might be good to first
> remove the PCB.
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 1:59 PM Larry Wittig <9423lew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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 <https://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 <https://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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