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  1. 08-09-2013, 02:39 PM #1
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    ok, picked up about 35 desktop computers, 5 or 6 servers, about 20 19" CRT monitors, about 6 flat screen LCDs ranging from 13" to 19", and 150 pound (estimate!!) of wire....plus gas money. Not a bad day at all!! And...we've scheduled next weeks pickup. Should be more computers and more wire. And...they have about 100 hard drives that I'm trying to convince them that I can destroy for them (which I will) and their proprietary information will never be seen by me nor recovered. There aren't any CRTs left in their building.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mudlucky View Post
    ok, picked up about 35 desktop computers, 5 or 6 servers, about 20 19" CRT monitors, about 6 flat screen LCDs ranging from 13" to 19", and 150 pound (estimate!!) of wire....plus gas money. Not a bad day at all!! And...we've scheduled next weeks pickup. Should be more computers and more wire. And...they have about 100 hard drives that I'm trying to convince them that I can destroy for them (which I will) and their proprietary information will never be seen by me nor recovered. There aren't any CRTs left in their building.
    Sounds like a rent/mortgage payment right there to me. Good job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mudlucky View Post
    And...they have about 100 hard drives that I'm trying to convince them that I can destroy for them (which I will) and their proprietary information will never be seen by me nor recovered.
    I don't know if this would reassure them but it might. If you tear the HD apart, as soon as the platter (where the information is stored) is exposed to the environment, it's useless. Just to be safe, run your finger across the surface. Done. To be even more sure - bend it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick View Post
    I don't know if this would reassure them but it might. If you tear the HD apart, as soon as the platter (where the information is stored) is exposed to the environment, it's useless. Just to be safe, run your finger across the surface. Done. To be even more sure - bend it.
    Or do like I do and wipe the platters with a HD magnet.
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    Hehehe, yup, that's my old favorite too Mech.
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