Getting Rid of an old Computer - Tips

So, you just got this spankin fast computer for Christmas, and you are wondering what to do with that old machine. There are tons of options from donation to recycling, but lets take a moment to go through some personal security issues that arise from discarding old machines.

Unless you never used your machine to check your bank account, do a family budget, or put any other kind of any personal information, you can just donate away. But most of us, actually used the machines to assist with the daily tasks of managing personal information, including accessing our banks websites, doing our taxes, etc. These tasks, even when we "delete" files, still leaves quite a bit of obtainable information behind.

For this reason, before you get rid of any computers I always suggest that you run a DBAN on it. DBAN is short for Darren's Boot and Nuke. It basically writes over the drive several times to prevent any data that was previously on the machine from being recoverable. The DBAN utility is available freely for download from the internet.

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For all of you iPhone haters out there, RIM has security issues too.

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10 Year Old Peter Lenz

Absolutely incredible.