Wiping or taking out memory on computer

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09-15-2011, 01:25 PM

#21

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Originally Posted by 1Snowbird

I used a hammer. My Mother took hers to a computer place that said it was deleted clean, but we were able to look at some of her information yet. So... I used the hammer.

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That's my method!!!

09-15-2011, 02:38 PM

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carhop

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My DH took the hard drive out of tower and destroyed it. Staples will do it for a price they a geek squad like best buy

09-15-2011, 03:11 PM

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do a complete reformat from the very beginning...when you do this it'll leave a folder called "windows old" delete it..then your system will be clean

09-15-2011, 03:15 PM

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Jo M

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Yep, all of that.

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Originally Posted by grendelskin

The Feds - I'm not kidding - wipe it, break it, melt it, and then bury it. Breaking it will probably do you fine unless you're at a high clearance level!!

09-15-2011, 04:35 PM

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A 12-gauge shotgun will also wipe the hard drive clean and it is soooo satisfying. Of course, safety must be ensured and it helps to be out in the county area where it's okay to blast things in the pasture or wherever. DH uses the sledgehammer on the hard drive of our old ones.

09-16-2011, 03:19 AM

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Software to retrieve information is not hard to get and while some of it may be fragmented, anyone can get plenty from your computer. Best solution: take out the hard drive (relatively easy to get to) and drill holes in it.

09-16-2011, 04:52 AM

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You are using the wrong term. Memory is lost everytime you turn off the power. You are referring to the Hard Drive. Reformat the drive. That will clear out all storage and also the programs and operating system.

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09-16-2011, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by CrookedQuilter

Trust me. It won't. I worked for a municipality where there was some shady stuff on the computers. They thought they could do just that and it would be gone. It wasn't. Although I am not an IT person, I was able to pull up a LOT with ease.

09-16-2011, 06:02 AM

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You don't need to remove the motherboard. The motherboard is the board that has electronic chips that are programmed to make the computer read what you key in or what you save. The saved stuff is on the hard drive. Best Buy will recycle up to 3 items per day (inlcuiding monitors, old TVs, etc only if hard drives are removed. Drill holes and destroy the hard drive.