I've been told by employees at a Lockheed Martin facility that they have
a shredder for unauthorized electronics. I can't imagine them
recovering data from a pile of shredded metal.
...but yeah on the original question I would recycle them.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Jeremy" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 7/12/2016 2:56:05 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] old laptops
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 <[email protected]> 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
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:24 PM
To:[email protected]
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
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 11:57 AM
To:[email protected]
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
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:48 AM
To:[email protected]
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
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Glen Waldrop" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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
To:[email protected]
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
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:36 AM
To:[email protected]
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.�
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