recycle,destroy, or burn it completely. Destroy the hard drives with a hammer.
no, only flash drives and external hard drives, basically anything you just put files into should be "ejected".
Remove the hard drives.
The top four brands of 1TB Hard Drives are amongst others Western Digital hard drives, Seagate hard drives, Toshiba hard drives, and Hitachi hard drives.
There is software that will overwrite data on the hard drive. Personally, I would dismantle the laptop, remove the drives, strip the drives and smash the platters. There is little value in selling old computers.
Hard disk drives
How are Hard drives indentified and what are their functions
Mac laptops may likely have solid state drives (not hard drives). Those drives are 2.5" form factor and can be replaced by hard drives.
Hard drives last for many years
There are tons of kinds of drives. Floppy Disk Drives, CD-ROM drives, PATA Hard drives, zip drives, flash drives, DVD drives, SATA hard drives.... The list could go on and on and on...
Several copier models do have hard drives that will retain copies of everything copied. Most manufacturers have now added a way to delete any information on these hard drives. It is still best to remove the hard drive before reselling, donating, or trading in your copier. Here is some more information on the security risk of copier hard drives. There is also a video. http://businessneedz.com/Info/?p=98
Several copier models do have hard drives that will retain copies of everything copied. Most manufacturers have now added a way to delete any information on these hard drives. It is still best to remove the hard drive before reselling, donating, or trading in your copier. Here is some more information on the security risk of copier hard drives. There is also a video. http://businessneedz.com/Info/?p=98