"Wade Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote: >I have a S900 604e/200 that I haven't used in probably > two years. I am planning to donate it to a local school. > Before I sent it on its way, I was going to format the hard > drive and reinstall the original software from the CD. > I can't recall what all I have on there but I know that >there was some personal financial info, credit card numbers, > a bunch of shady extensions, etc.
Wade! Sorry but I just had to give you my opinion here... I take it that you don't watch tech tv? Several times on there lately they have told about the 2 guys from a CA university that bought up all these "old" HD's JUST to see what they could get off the drives. They got all kinds of stuff off HD's that people tossed/sold, whatever. According to them, Clark Howard(consumer guru, ATA) & some other sources I have heard recently, There's basically NO way to erase your HD, to where someone w/the right software can't retrieve it! Everything I have heard recently, said the ONLY safe way to get rid of the info, on that HD, is to take a hammer to it! If you had all that financial info on there, are you going to risk it? Sorry for the slight rant. Later, kp -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
