Re: What do you do with your personal home dead/broken storage drives (e.g., old HDDs) that you want to get rid of?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: What do you do with your personal home dead/broken storage drives (e.g., old HDDs) that you want to get rid of?
Date	2024-01-25 16:34 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2024-01-25, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-01-24, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>>>
>>> Jolly doesn't mention this "company" that will shred drives for free
>>> in order to see if there are other branches that'll do the same
>>> work, or if they accept mail-ins (so the cost to you is the shipping
>>> cost).
>> 
>> That's because they are a small, local company that serves my local
>> community. They don't take donations via mail, so you'll have to find
>> your own. Sorry.
>
> That's what I did to find my city has shredding events, and includes
> hard drives.  They're free, but they occur only on a few days during
> the year.

Somehow I think others can do that too.

>>> An unindentified "company" is of no use to anyone except Jolly.
>> 
>> Not only did I not claim otherwise, but you're wrong in that the idea
>> that such organizations exist might just clue someone in to the
>> possibility that they can find one that is local to them. But by all
>> means, do cry harder. Your salty tears are somewhat nourishing, if
>> not entertaining. ������
>
> You didn't identify. So no one but you would know they don't have
> branches elsewhere, or they don't accept mail-ins.

If anyone had asked, I would have gladly provided that information.
Instead, you got a hair up your ass, and here we are.

>>> https://www.recordnations.com/hard-drive-shredding/
>>>
>>> That's one of the places I found in an online search
>> 
>> Well, look at that.  It was helpful after all. ������
>
> No

Yes. Mentioning that there are local organizations that will destroy
hard drives is all that is needed to prompt others to look for local
companies that will do the same.

> *I* was helpful, not you.

Sure, kiddo.

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