Are they all going to charity? If the charity doesn't want any one of them or if they are broken drop me an e-mail ;).
You could (if have a newer mac) hook up any of the IDE hard drives to Mac (or a PC if you prefer it) and use a DOD-like erasing program if your extremely paranoid (doing several passes)! I know of a program for OS 9 called ShredIt (http://www.mireth.com/pub/sime.html) that may be up your alley. Then after erasing the HD (probably several passes later) you can then reinstall the appropriate OS on the system so they are as good as new! Hope led you in the right direction. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Baret" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[email protected]> Subject: Happy Retirement... Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:19:40 -0700 (PDT) > > Hi all, > > Well, I have some sad news. The school I've worked at > for ten years has decided to get rid of every last > Mac. This includes five Classics, a ton of > 5200s/5400s/5500s, and some assorted Mac IIs. There's > even a few iMacs going. All are going to a charity. > > This announcement came at a fitting time. I am going > to retire in August. Even now I'm not logging summer > hours like I had for the past several years. The Mac > project is my final duty as a member of the IT > department in which I work. Our school has been > pushing us to get rid of all the Macs. Note that I'm > not going to just sit at home. I'm not even AARP > eligible yet. I'm just retiring from the public school > and will continue to do consulting. > > Now for the question. Most of the older Macs work, and > the ones that don't will get fixed. For years I've > wiped drives of machines that are going out the door > with HD SC Setup or Drive Setup. However, I took one > of the drives home to use as a backup device once and > just for fun scanned it with CP Undelete. A good 38% > of the files were recoverable. Now I trust Dave, the > man who runs the charity, but who knows who will get > the Macs. Some guy who may masquerade as an > underprivleged man could easily come in, get one of > our Macs, and find some important school files. Keep > in mind many of these were teacher computers. I no > longer trust HD SC or Drive Setup to completely wipe > the drives. > > What would be a way to completely erase these drives > so some undelete utility wouldn't pick up anything > from our school? > > Scott > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
