Why are people suggesting you to destroy the hard drives? Assuming you will donate the computer, it will require the hard drives with it to be usable.
Check this tool. You will need a low level format. Problem solved without damaging anything. Hard drives will be usable and data on them will be unrecoverable.
I do this as a hobby. I bug old HDDs off of eBay and find some weird shit. It’s kinda like modern day “metal detecting” or “sifting for goldl. I found some really sensitive info on a 16TB hdd not too long ago.
It’s remarkably easy, you just hook the drive up to a PC with recovery software and let the software do its thing. I’ve done it for multiple drives when my tech illiterate friends erase their only copy of something.
For any PC I dispose of that once had credit card, banking, or other sensitive information, the hard drive is getting destroyed. For everything else a few low level formats will suffice.
Why are people suggesting you to destroy the hard drives? Assuming you will donate the computer, it will require the hard drives with it to be usable.
Check this tool. You will need a low level format. Problem solved without damaging anything. Hard drives will be usable and data on them will be unrecoverable.
https://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
Some people are so overly paranoid lol. Like anyone is going to put in the enormous effort to get the data off some random persons HDD.
If you have extra PC’s at home it’s quick to do a scan with free recovery software.
I do this as a hobby. I bug old HDDs off of eBay and find some weird shit. It’s kinda like modern day “metal detecting” or “sifting for goldl. I found some really sensitive info on a 16TB hdd not too long ago.
What software do you use and how do I do it on my pc safely?
It’s remarkably easy, you just hook the drive up to a PC with recovery software and let the software do its thing. I’ve done it for multiple drives when my tech illiterate friends erase their only copy of something.
For any PC I dispose of that once had credit card, banking, or other sensitive information, the hard drive is getting destroyed. For everything else a few low level formats will suffice.
Hard drives are cheap. I would never dream of reselling or giving away a computer with the hard drive in it.