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Tue Aug 27, 2024, 10:33 AM Aug 2024

Recycling laptops [View all]

I have 3 old laptops that I want to donate to an organization run for high school tech nerds. These machines are between 8 & 15 years old. What should I do with them before donating? Should I reformat the hard drive? If so, how do I do that?

Or should I just remove the hard drive completely?

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