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canetoad

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8. There are several free tools

Reply to QED (Original post)

Tue Aug 27, 2024, 10:03 PM

Aug 2024

To make hard drives unrecoverable.

https://diskwipe.org/ This is one of them. You can search for others but beware the ones that say "Free download" or similar. There will be a catch such as disabled features. You need to find true Freeware.

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Recycling laptops [View all] QED Aug 2024 OP

If you remove the hard drive, you reduce the value to zero. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #1

Good question... QED Aug 2024 #4

I should have read more on their website...the info is there. QED Aug 2024 #6

I removed the hard drive. Where are you donating them? I have 3 also. OLDMDDEM Aug 2024 #2

It's an organization in AZ called Strut QED Aug 2024 #3

Thanks. I live in Maryland so I am going to see if there is a place similar to AZStrut. OLDMDDEM Aug 2024 #5

Supposedly hard drives can be written over 99 times in one operation bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #7

There are several free tools canetoad Aug 2024 #8