Disposing of old computers?

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

When its time to get rid of an old computer, how do you dispose of it?

Do you wipe or remove the hard-drive before? If you remove the hard drive what do you do with that? Smash it with a hammer?

 

[steel bat]

I remove and destroy the hard drive, yup! with a big hammer.

 

[fords8]

I remove the drives of course. I also remove ram and CPUs. Anything with gold on it. I have a guy that buys all of that stuff.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I remove and destroy the hard drive, yup! with a big hammer.

Same here!

I remove the drives of course. I also remove ram and CPUs. Anything with gold on it. I have a guy that buys all of that stuff.

How much do you get for it?

In the past I've just thrown the whole tower in the trash. I'm paranoid so I'll throw the destroyed hard-drive away on the next weeks trash pickup so the computer and drive aren't together.

 

[fords8]

How much do you get for it?

Depends how much is in the box. Most of the time it is boxes tho. I scrap the rest of the computer. Drives are wiped and destoyed.

 

[Kyng]

I just keep them as spares... they're all laptops, so they don't take up much space!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I just keep them as spares... they're all laptops, so they don't take up much space!

How old is your oldest laptop?

 

[Smiley]

Call the company that collects electronic waste & hand it over to them for ecological, environment-friendly disposal.

 

[Galra Keith]

I never disposing old computers I save them. I still have my Windows XP From 2001 Desktop but the motherboard is fried I want another motherboard for it!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I never disposing old computers I save them. I still have my Windows XP From 2001 Desktop but the motherboard is fried I want another motherboard for it!

Have you tried searching on ebay?