Originally Posted by
IBMJunkman
Your other option is to donate the PC but without the HD. Then physically destroy the HD.
Yup, that is the next step, the sledgehammer is in the garage and waiting.
Code:
. Take your pick. You will have to boot from a CD or thumb drive. I have used DBAN.
Will try DBAN, thx
It's built into the Mac operating system's Disk Utility and its erase command with selectable levels of power. Total erase is a simple selectable option but really can take a fair bit of time to complete the process.
New ‘puter is Mac, old one is a Dell PC.
Note that DBAN (free version) won't work on SSDs, apparently.
Ok, should not be a factor. Thx.
Edit: It just dawned on me that DBAN is the probably the same program I tried before, will try again with a fresh start...