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  • PeelerSheila
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    3 days ago

    laughs nervously in hoarded ewaste

    Edit: my problem is stuff that packed it in before I could do a hard reset or wipe the memory in any meaningful way. How much of mine and my kids personal info is still on there. Probably irrational worry.

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      2 days ago

      pull the hard disk and shove it somewhere. The rest of the computer is just bits and bobs

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      3 days ago

      I don’t think that’s necessarily irrational. You can just drill straight through it to kill it. We used to do it an old job i was at.

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        3 days ago

        I’d be worried about drilling through the battery 🫣💥 I suppose I can google about the innards of each device and drill accordingly. Generally speaking, what’s the best part to drill through on something like a laptop?

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          If you like, tell me the model of the laptop and I’ll send you a diagram of either where to drill, or exactly how to get the hard drive out:)