namoohooy@alien.topB to Tech SupportEnglish · 1 year ago

What’s the best way to erase a hard drive before getting rid of it?

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What’s the best way to erase a hard drive before getting rid of it?

namoohooy@alien.topB to Tech SupportEnglish · 1 year ago

I have some old pcs that I’m going to donate. What’s the safest way to erase the hard drives so none of my data is on there?

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What data are you worried about being recovered? Why would anyone care to recover it? What’s the absolute maximum damage said data could do?

I can say for me the answer would be.

Maybe my passwords, but eh

They wouldn’t I have nothing of value

Some porn, so I guess they could call me a weirdo?

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