Park Hills. Park Hills, Missouri is nestled in the St. Francois range of the Ozark Mountains along the Mississippi River Valley.
1 You don't have to smash it up, you can always donate the old computer to charity. 2  If the computer is reeking of acids and is defective, then dispose it at the city garbage as soon as possible. 3  If you can, record the destruction on a camera, cell phone, or maybe a small laptop if it has a built in camera. You can also recycle the computer. 2  You don't need to use a sledgehammer. 3  You can use other methods of destruction. 4  Make sure you dispose of the hazardous parts appropriately.
Wiping the hard drive. As mentioned, the only way to completely ensure your data isnt going to be recovered is to completely and permanently delete the drive contents using a special utility. Then you can throw out the computer or drive without worry, or you can reinstall Windows so someone else can make use of it. If youve taken the hard drive out of the computer and put it into another computer, you can use a tool, such as Disk Wipe in Windows.