Donating your computer to a worthy causeDiy-Computer-Repair can help!Things you should do before you give that computer away!One of the reasons for donating is to help the needy, the poor, or those that would otherwise be with out.Point # 1: Not all solicitors of donations are beyond reproach. There are those that make a living off of the gullible. I am not here to preach to you but to inform you. With information you can safe guard your ID, your data, your family. Point # 2: Do not assume that when you donate your old computer that the receiving charity will not look at the data on the computer and use it, remember when you buy software you get one license to install and use that software on one computer! Unless you are a Corporation and are buy bulk license. DO NOT leave any data on the computer! Point # 3: You can donate your old computer to a charitable organization, you may be able to take a tax deduction for its present value (not what you paid for it new). You should ask your tax advisor for advice on the amount of deduction to take, but be sure to request a receipt from the organization to have as proof of the donation. Ok, now we got that outa the way so let's git down ta buzness. You will want to insure you use a reputable drive wiping program that will
erase the hard drive to a point that it would cost more than the data is worth
to recover it. Any program that has the US Department of Defense 5220.22 M You can get trial software to do your wiping, one I am going to review is called Active@ KillDisk, This is a program that will wipe your hard drive from DOS or from Windows. I would suggest you do it from DOS with the external power adapter plugged in for a laptop because it will take some time. Like the defragmenter it depends on how big the drive is and how many iterations you select for the wipe. How it works: The wipe program has to have exclusive control of the drive, thus it is better to do this from the DOS, not Windows Operating System. The program will write a series of 1's and 0's in what is called a 5220.22 M pattern, some programs will use a random pattern for each iteration. I won't go into details on how it is done but it will take some time to complete each pass you set the program to run. The reason for wiping your hard drive is to remove all traces of your data and activities. Once the wipe is complete even the experts will have a hard time recovering any data from the drive. Program tested:
Active@ KillDisk download
page.
The free
version only does one pass of all zeros, to get a more comprehensive wipe you
will have to purchase the program.
There are a lot of other programs out on the web that will do the same thing but
I could not find any others that had a trial period or were free.
I will not advise on where to donate your computer.
I am how ever a retired military and would like to see laptops donated to our
soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen over seas in harms way.
The full story is here about donating old laptops: donate-a-laptop
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