I pull the hard drives, take the magnets out for the fridge, smash the discs, and give the laptops to Best Buy for recycling. Just dropped off a Sony Vaio today!
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > My oldest son works with the cyber crimes law enforcement folks. He > claims the FBI can still get good stuff from a disk that has been > hammered. > > *From:* Bruce Robertson <br...@pooh.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:24 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] old laptops > > My technique for destroying old disks is to take them out of the laptop > and then pound them a few times with a sledgehammer. Seems to do the trick. > > On 07/12/2016 10:45 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > 486 with WinME ... face it, they’re e-waste. > > Find an electronics recycler that will guarantee they’ll wipe or destroy > the disks and won’t charge to take them off your hands. > > If they work and have an Ethernet port and maybe a serial port, keep at > least one of them around for when you need to program equipment. And if > they have a diskette drive and CD/DVD drive, maybe keep one around in case > you need to read one of those. New “ultrabooks” tend to assume everything > is WiFi and stored in the cloud. > > > *From:* Simon Westlake <simon@sonar.software> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 11:57 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] old laptops > > If they are that old, I doubt they have too much value for charities. > You'd probably be lucky to give them away, I have a few that aren't even as > old as that, and I haven't been able to find anyone that wants them. > > I would just take them to Goodwill if you don't want them to go to waste, > putting the OS back on them would probably help most people. > > On 7/12/2016 11:49 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Some of them have Windows ME on them.... 486 machines. > > *From:* Bruce Robertson <br...@pooh.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:48 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] old laptops > > Chuck has 'em, not me! > > On 07/12/2016 09:44 AM, Tim Reichhart wrote: > > Bruce > what kind of laptops you got? I am always looking for laptops for my wisp. > > Tim > > ------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: "Glen Waldrop" < <gwl...@cngwireless.net>gwl...@cngwireless.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Date: 07/12/16 12:40 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] old laptops > > If you did I'd wipe and reload. > > Anyone going to a thrift store for a computer is either poor and likely > can't do anything with it if there is a problem or possibly a techie, > they'll wipe and reload regardless. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> > *To:* <af@afmug.com>af@afmug.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 11:38 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] old laptops > > > I am wondering if they have much value for charities. I suppose thrift > stores sell them. > Should I leave the OS on them? > > > > > *From:* Bruce Robertson <br...@pooh.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:36 AM > *To:* <af@afmug.com>af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] old laptops > > > > > Wipe the disks and donate them to a charity. > > On 07/12/2016 09:34 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > > What should I do with a tower of old laptops stacking up at my house.� I > hate to toss them.� I am sure most of them can be made to work, perhaps > with a new battery.� > > > > > > > > > > -- > Simon Westlake > Skype: Simon_Sonar > Email: simon@sonar.software > Phone: (702) 447-1247 > --------------------------- > Sonar Software Inc > The next generation of ISP billing and OSShttps://sonar.software > > !DSPAM:2,57852cb2178511881538290! > > >
