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where can i get free computer equipment companies get rid off
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostFunnily enough, nor does this.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Makes me chuckle this. About 10 years ago I ran another business and came across a guy who actively re cycled pc's. Or so he said. He'd got funding from the council and an enterprise grant etc but just wouldnt do any business!
I tried to link him up with local projects that were crying out for old reconditioned pc's but he wouldnt have any of it. Im sure he was working a scam just to get money off the council and local enterprise department. Weird.I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!Comment
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Originally posted by unemployed View Postwhy not take the hard drive out before disposal ?
For the record, it doesn't have to be a Linux cd to shred a hd. Back in my day we would do this out of a dos floppy.
I assume for new(er) hard drives with a gpt partition you can only use a linux/unix live cd.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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I assume also, most people wouldn't be bothered to take/buy a cheap old PC if they had to buy a disk and install Windows on it, etc. When my ex employer did this, they wiped and did a clean install of Windows using the license key the PC came with.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostI can only assume the cost of paying somebody to open the PC, remove the HD and make sure it is disposed safely dents the IT department profit margin.
For the record, it doesn't have to be a Linux cd to shred a hd. Back in my day we would do this out of a dos floppy.
I assume for new(er) hard drives with a gpt partition you can only use a linux/unix live cd.Comment
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lots of large corporates & government now Lease so they dont have to pay for EE waste recycling & just hand them back to HP/Dell, etc. at the end of their 3-5 yr cycle.
Also some places have stopped selling to employees as their insurance does not cover them.
I know remploy have a lot of contracts dealing with surplus/binned IT equipment.Comment
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Originally posted by stek View PostAt the nuclear power station we'd split them open and get the lads in the engineering dept to grind the platters...Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostI had a stack of old hard drives of various origin (Some corporate, some personal) and figured I'd do the same before disposing of them. I thought I'd skip the "open them up" bit, but it turns out they're actually hardy little ****ers! Even my proper reciprocating saw wasn't overly happy and that's like cutting butter normally!Comment
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