<div dir="ltr"><div>DBAN is your friend here</div><div><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/</a></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 9:52 AM <<a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.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"><div class="msg6580060696352138260"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_6580060696352138260WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FYI<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-718-8334 cell<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bedford MA<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img style="width: 1.2916in; height: 1.1927in;" id="m_6580060696352138260Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:1866f5198be4cff311" width="124" height="115" border="0"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>===============================================<br>
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