Schrodinger
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 01:07 AM |
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Broken/Unwanted Laptop computers
If anybody has any broken or unwanted laptops I have a friend who is repairing said computers and distributing them for charity. Any hard drives will
be totaly wiped and the machines will be going to a good cause.
Keith
Aviemore
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 06:30 AM |
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I know of one broken computer, contact Gary.Glitter@msmail.co.uk
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:35 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
I know of one broken computer, contact Gary.Glitter@msmail.co.uk
I thought the only way to really wipe a hard drive was to delete everything on it and then fill it right up with new data?
[Edited on 10/6/09 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 09:19 AM |
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you can delete the data, which only removes the pointers to the data, then overwrite the actual data with 0s (two or three times if youve got some
really naughty stuff on there  )
Craig
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 10:02 AM |
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Eraser or SDelete will do the job.
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iank
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 10:32 AM |
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Only 100% theoretically guaranteed way is:
and
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 10:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Only 100% theoretically guaranteed way is:
*angry grinder*
and
*hammer*
Noo, have you never seen NCIS? they'll just piece it back together.
What you need is these boys:
Craig
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 01:09 PM |
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The software used is called kill disk which does delete the data and then overwrites with 1 & 0 s a number of times so that the original data is
no longer available even to NCIS
Keith
Aviemore
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:53 PM |
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Open the box is the laptop dead or alive ?
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Open the box is the laptop dead or alive ?
Schrödinger's laptop?
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 10:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Open the box is the laptop dead or alive ?
Well atm it's alive
But then I havn't tried gassing it.
Keith
Aviemore
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