SPECIAL
TOPICS - DISPOSING OF COMPUTERS...
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Disposing of Computers: First Delete Data on Drive |
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Before
disposing of, or donating, old computers, hard drives, CDs, computer
tapes, or other electronic storage devices, make sure that all the
data is destroyed. A simple
delete by dragging the file to the trash and then emptying it is
not sufficient. Computers don't actually get rid of the data deleted
this way, but simply mark the space as available for subsequent
use. Meanwhile the old data is still "squatting" on your
hard drive until your operating system happens to assign a new file
to the space. See ISC's webpage on Computer Recycling and Disposal Options at Penn for more information on securely deleting files or entire disks. |
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