Getting rid of a computer ?

[sarettah]

specially if you've been looking at illegal stuff...

http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_2651940

Kid porn in pawned laptop
Shop finds 304 images left by man now under arrest

MILFORD — A New Haven man who left 304 images of child pornography on a computer he hawked to a pawnshop was arrested over the weekend, police said.
Gary L. Bremer, 43, of Orange Street, was trying to get cash when he sold his laptop to National Pawn off Route 1 in November 2003, police said.

But he apparently got more than he bargained for when the store's owner spotted child pornography on his laptop last June, police said.

Milford police were contacted, and Bremer was arrested on child pornography charges Saturday, ending a roughly nine-month investigation, police spokesman Officer Vaughan Dumas said Monday.

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[Dravyk]

Every time I've tossed an old computer into the trash ..

a) everything goes out but the hard drive

b) the hard drive goes out in the following week's trash ... with a hole in the middle of it (courtesy of hammer and screwdriver)

In these days of Identity Theft, can't be too careful.

[runner]

Originally posted by Dravyk@Apr 12 2005, 01:00 PM
Every time I've tossed an old computer into the trash ..

a) everything goes out but the hard drive

B) the hard drive goes out in the following week's trash ... with a hole in the middle of it (courtesy of hammer and screwdriver)

In these days of Identity Theft, can't be too careful.
3 seconds in a micorwave will do it as well :ph34r:

[Inabon]

Originally posted by runner+Apr 12 2005, 04:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (runner @ Apr 12 2005, 04:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Dravyk@Apr 12 2005, 01:00 PM
Every time I've tossed an old computer into the trash ..

a) everything goes out but the hard drive

B) the hard drive goes out in the following week's trash ... with a hole in the middle of it (courtesy of hammer and screwdriver)

In these days of Identity Theft, can't be too careful.
3 seconds in a micorwave will do it as well :ph34r: [/b][/quote]
whot!!!!!! my mom kicked my ass once for fucking up her microwave with a hard drive and dimm :)

joking but it is something igor would say (thats my evil twin)

[Lee]

Overnight in the Ocean works well for us with old HD's :)

[gonzo]

They make excellent targets. Problem is theyve gotten smaller over the years!

[sarettah]

The surest way to get a hard drive completely wiped is to send it back to the manufacturer for repair and inform them that "it crashed, but there is some super important stuff on there that I can't possibly afford to use".

I guarantee that that hd will come back with less data on it then the day they manufactured it :okthumb:

[The Other Steve]

A friend of ours runs a computer shop and does a huge amount of repair work - probably because he is the best for over a hundred miles in any direction. He never ceases to be amazed at some of the things that people leave on their computers and on more than one occasion he's fired up a machine while the customer has waited only to find that the lady standing in front of him fully clothed appears on the screen fully naked.

[rendh]

Originally posted by The Other Steve@Apr 12 2005, 05:46 PM
A friend of ours runs a computer shop and does a huge amount of repair work - probably because he is the best for over a hundred miles in any direction. He never ceases to be amazed at some of the things that people leave on their computers and on more than one occasion he's fired up a machine while the customer has waited only to find that the lady standing in front of him fully clothed appears on the screen fully naked.
I fixed a friends computer a while back - it was a real eye opener when I found out what him and his wife got upto :yowsa:

[MaDalton]

Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 12 2005, 04:09 PM
The surest way to get a hard drive completely wiped is to send it back to the manufacturer for repair and inform them that "it crashed, but there is some super important stuff on there that I can't possibly afford to use".

I guarantee that that hd will come back with less data on it then the day they manufactured it :okthumb:
there's a lot of truth in that

[Newton]

Fire is a wonderful cleanser ..

[OldJeff]

These are all the reasons I never let anyone else touch my computer.

I do any and all repairs myself

Hard drives being thrown away are drilled full of holes

[Steady]

Originally posted by Newton@Apr 13 2005, 06:11 AM
Fire is a wonderful cleanser ..
submerge in acid...

[Trev]

I'm getting the feeling that some of you have things to hide...


:lol:

[Dravyk]

Phasers work best! :yowsa:

[The Other Steve]

Originally posted by Trev@Apr 13 2005, 08:58 AM
I'm getting the feeling that some of you have things to hide...


:lol:
pictures of me in the nude should always be hidden.