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theducks · 12-20-2024, 07:46 AM

I always remove the drives from dead computers. If they drive was a hard fail (nasty noises), most of simple SECURITY destruction has been done.

I have a USB 'cloning' kit (adapts drive connection to USB and supplies more power)

'The kid' (now over 40), found a Laptop on the road (Never put your Laptop or phone on your cars roof). While it was password protected, popping the drive and using the clone kit with Linux (just in case...), there were sensitive documents in the clear that suggested who the foolish one was.

My point is a Clone kit is a handy item for recovery and it is not form factor limited (this one did SATA, PATA and the smaller laptop PATA and had a power brick that could power a 5.25 size drive). My Laptop started life with 80G. I cloned it to 512G, Then I cloned it to a 1T SSD (CloneZilla even does dual boot)

This makes a Library recovery (move), a piece of cake.

12-20-2024, 07:46 AM	#9
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,141 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I always remove the drives from dead computers. If they drive was a hard fail (nasty noises), most of simple SECURITY destruction has been done. I have a USB 'cloning' kit (adapts drive connection to USB and supplies more power) 'The kid' (now over 40), found a Laptop on the road (Never put your Laptop or phone on your cars roof). While it was password protected, popping the drive and using the clone kit with Linux (just in case...), there were sensitive documents in the clear that suggested who the foolish one was. My point is a Clone kit is a handy item for recovery and it is not form factor limited (this one did SATA, PATA and the smaller laptop PATA and had a power brick that could power a 5.25 size drive). My Laptop started life with 80G. I cloned it to 512G, Then I cloned it to a 1T SSD (CloneZilla even does dual boot) This makes a Library recovery (move), a piece of cake.