[frgeek-michiana] Re: Old laptop hard drives

  • From: Rick Tribble <rtribble@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:34:07 -0400

You could use a USB adapter.  Pull the drive, hook it up to a desktop PC,
wipe it, put back in, ???, increased value.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Tom Brown <tbrown46628@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Phil and I are emptying the "server" room. We set aside a gaylord for
> laptops too old or too broken for us to use. We think the laptops can go to
> iSold-It On eBay as miscellaneous sold as-is for parts.
>
> Our quandary is: Do we wipe the hard drives?
>
> I think we should, but Phil and I don't have time. We are concentrating on
> boxing up the office. Will any volunteer come to the warehouse, try to find
> power bricks for the laptops and wipe the drives. If we can't wipe the
> drives, we'll remove them now to drill later. At least, this way, we keep
> moving ahead.
>
> Tom
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