Data Clean Up

So you have some old equipment laying around the home. It is temping to simply take your old PC to your recycle center and do the right thing. Just be sure you erase anything left on the old hard drive.

You can download software that scrables the hard drive and that takes hour. You can remove the partition and hope for the best, or you go old school. A hammer always does the trick. Remove the hard drive and smash it with the front and backside of the hammer. Be sure to make an good indention in the case. Shake it and you should hear stuff rattling around. Job well done.

Now its ready for the recycle center.