Getting rid of old computer

[lynbrown]

I have a new computor and wonder whats the best way to pass on the old one. It was going slow so maybe noone will want it. I dont have a car so can't go to a dump. Its still got the hard drive inside which I would like to disable before passing it on. Would any charity be interested>

[MarkRae]

They most certainly would! There are also organisations which recondition old computers and send them to the third world. This is a good thing, and you should do it, IMO.

http://www.google.co....rceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[HowardKennitby]

Depends on how old it is. What type of processor(CPU) does it have?

[ladybirder]

Wiped my Mac desktop clean and gave it to a children's home. They were delighted. The kids all download music from it. And they sent me a lovely box of chocolates and a card as a thank you. Bless them.

[daffy654]

Remove the hard drive (and take a hammer to it before throwing away) before donating your old PC.

[boxtops]

Just make sure you clear the hard drive of your personal information.

[Tuvok]

You can put the hard disk into your new computer assuming that the new one is not a laptop. If it is, you can get external housing for it.

[daffy654]

Info can be recovered from a hard drive even if it is wiped clean. You are better off not donating the hard drive at all.

[MichaelZZ]

I took the hard drive out of my ancient computer and put it into a caddy thus making a cheapo external hard drive. I formatted it and gave it to my daughter to store all her photographs on.
(I too got a box of chocolates!)

[Tuvok]

Daffy is right - I got one of my computers from the local roup.

Within minutes of starting up I had recovered its previous contents - including a password file!

I dually reformatted it with specialist software.

[wildwood]

What do people store on their computers????? I can understand a business computer having sensitive info on it but why are so many people hysterical about the content of their old HDD? There are several free programs to give it a clean wipe if you want to, no need to take a hammer to a perfectly good hard drive.

[lynbrown]

Wildwood, can you recommend one please?