Before recycling a computer, do this!

Kevin explains how to easily remove a hard drive from your desktop computer before recycling it.

[@barbiet.6605]

Thank you for not rushing through the steps for removing the hard drive and for speaking clearly. I have one of those huge Dell Vista "something" that sits on the floor. Looking forward to recycling it if I can get help getting it out of my house onto the curb for bulky item pickup.😺

[@greyhighlighter5679]

Thanks, Kevin! I know this is an old video, but it helped me find and remove the hard drive from my family's old Dell desktop. Now we can finally get rid of this old beast!

[@ducksonplays4190]

Some older computers can have a lot of value.

[@joanbarnes9793]

😊

[@jaytee2642]

Thank you very much, kind sir!! You are a blessing. This is EXACTLY what I needed! I only wish that I had looked up this information years ago. I have two big doorstops that have been taking up space and now they can go bye-bye!

[@babsula]

I've worked with a lot of tech people at my jobs over the years and it's refreshing that you speak in English and not tech-ese. Glad I found you!!

[@erichayes4661]

I will continue to do so. Thanx for listening

[@erichayes4661]

I am a computer tech from 1980.

[@erichayes4661]

Remember Atari pong?

[@erichayes4661]

Since you're doing a tech review...what can I say. Over 20 years

[@erichayes4661]

40 years now

[@louisebaker2303]

Perfect! Thanks so much, Kevin. You made it very easy for me to remove my hard drive.😀

[@MetalHeart8787]

This was a Great Video easy to understand, I have an Old Hard Drive from a previous computer & it's been stting around & ive been wanting to get rid of it. Thanks

[@maryannemurray4614]

This video was very helpful...the computer person at the Senior Center sent me your KZbin presentation. My hard drive crashed...I bought a new hard drive/high tower to replace the HP Pavilion a6522f PC. I have a Barracuda 7200.10 (360 Gbytes). I am going to the Senior Center next week to verify this. I am taking your email in case I need more computer help. Thank you very much.

[@easystar123]

Many thanks Kevin for a brilliant video. I have always wondered how to take out the hard drive on my old desk top computer and now I know. Cheers and thanks for sharing.

[@michaeldevlin7271]

clear precise instructions,very good.

[@michaelthompson785]

Thanks for conforming this for me, I feel alot more reassured I've got my old PC sorted now

[@kevintalkstech]

That’s great to hear!

[@kathleenc.rossebo4859]

Super simple for people like me to understand! Thanks!

[@erichayes4661]

of course you are going to want to remove a hard drive before recycling your old computer. Once you recover your data from that drive from the computer you want to recycle, HIT IT WITH A HAMMER, or just put a drillbit thru it.

[@lefteris.adamou.1]

Just keep the hard drive

[@richardamato6296]

Thanks Kevin! Very helpful and right to the point!

[@beverlydavidson1291]

Totally helpful! Thank you on the hard drive tutorial!

[@heartfulness6238]

Awesome demonstration! Easy to understand and very informative!

[@nycerak]

Best explanation I’ve heard

[@erichayes4661]

I only work on 5 to 8 pc's a day. I have done so for 12+ years. I have over 10k+ machines under my belt.

[@k.6160]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@Take5Geri]

Great finding just what I needed to know now I'm ready to attack! Thank you so much.. I'm coming back again you speak clearly and I don't end up scratching my head. :)

[@kevintalkstech]

Awesome Take5Geri, so glad to hear that! Go get 'em!

[@patwilson7596]

Thank you Kevin.

[@teresacoppola6394]

Thank you. Short and to the point!!

[@kevintalkstech]

Glad to hear it!

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Great job! I've been worrying about this forever. I'm ready now. Thanks.

[@fernitagreen-ys1ov]

This is the only video I found with same inside setup as mine, but I needed to see you remove screws for hard drive casing as I am unable to do it on mine. So I'm still stuck...

[@mickbee7871]

Thankyou, quick question how much could I get if I sell my tower minus the hard drive ?

[@RErnie-gv1hv]

Thank you for the video. Great advise and understandable too. What about removing the drive from a laptop? We have a crashed one of those for recycle also.

[@larrysmith4620]

Kevin, thanks for your knowledge. How do I transfer info from a hard drive that I've removed from an old computer to my Mac book pro?

[@nidulaperera]

Do a data transfer you will need to buy a software but there are free ones Also make sure that there is enough space on the recipient drive

[@PeacePlease.]

Thanks Kevin!! I did press the like button, and I do appreciate your tutorial, got the lid to my old HP pavilian off NP, (that was a synch) and even located the HardDrive - Mine's says seagate, and it just sits there locked solid. No screws, no case - NO SCREWS!! It's covered by the label PLUS a stick-on silver sheet BUT THE DARN THING IS VERY hard to get off. I TRIED - !!!! help......!!

[@colinkavanagh9648]

Thank you for the info...Very informative to us learners.

[@rafaelontiveros7450]

Information I needed to recycle three old desktops, though Dell 8100 Dimension, didn't apply here, they're different.

[@KonnieHua1980]

Awesome. EXACTLY what I needed to know! Thank you.

[@kevintalkstech]

Glad to hear that, thanks!

[@debbiemcintosh7123]

Just watched your video thank you it was easy once I watched again have a good day😊

[@noumine]

can you still access data from the hard drive by connecting it to a working computer (that it will now act as an external hard drive?) thank you for any info.

[@DrHogfan]

Thanks ! I thought the harddrive would have been the two other square CD looking boxes . Would the harddrive contain any viruses ?

[@debbyruszala7537]

Hi Kevin. I have a computer monitor. Please let me know what to do.

[@andyjgrace2461]

So do I just have to remove the hard drive to make disposal of my pc secure? Do I need to take any other security measures? Also, once I’ve done this does the remainder of the pc have a resale value? Thanks for your post it’s very helpful, have now subscribed to your channel.

[@MsLibby9]

Thank you for this easy to do fix. :D

[@blairtheageese5269]

This is my small job today thanks,

[@raquelcarreon848]

You should show how to take the screws out. I cant get to two of the screws so how do I get to them?

[@rickmorrison4440]

Thank you, very well done. I guess once this is done the computer is now useless?

[@shohomb4876]

Thank you! You are a savior.

[@scottgraham4906]

Good information. Thanks

[@MultiStats]

Thank you for the info! I'm a new subscriber.

[@yagabialski3341]

Hi , can I remove my hard drive from HP m7567c and put it to another HP desktop? If yes, which one would be good fit?

[@jamesmoore4954]

Thanks.To the point and understandable. Excellent.

[@kevintalkstech]

Glad to help, James!

[@kleakatrah206]

Awesome !!!! Thank you! I have a 2006 Hp, looks just like yours. The monitor is broken and I don't want to deal with transferring data from ~17 + years ago. I also saw another video where this guy makes a DIY CD reader. Can that be done with a hard drive ?

[@kevintalkstech]

If the computer is not an all in one, I’d suggest looking into another monitor since they are so cheap these days. You could repurpose the hard drive and still pull data from it. I’m not sure if it would do the same type of thing the all in one CD reader does though.

[@norge0209]

Thank you. This was very helpful.

[@helpmetooreach100kintwoyears]

Amazing information video 🧠👍

[@aeptacon]

Ok so my sister had some repair people go in my room and I didn't notice that 2 of my old laptops were missing until I went to throw away the boxes many months after. Recently (a year later) my credit card had unauthorized charges on it (I can only gather that's how they got ahold of my CC) ? Aside from that, am I in danger with identity theft? I had factory reset them both and delayed disposing of them- I put them back in their respective boxes not thinking they would steal it but they in fact did....

[@BGM6474]

there are ways to dot it but you can wipe the drive completely and once you do that it cant be recoverd ever again and any ways most recycling place's do that cause they reuse them.

[@kittybeck151]

I'm wondering how I can do this to an old Panasonic fax machine I have! I don't know where the memory part is.

[@Kimmy234L]

Thank you!!

[@christinelynch1962]

I don’t want to keep that hard drive around. How do I wipe out the data? Would I just throw it out in the garbage?

[@vickyls8132]

thx! Where do I find a recycling place? Do you mean like Best Buy?

[@dolorinepires1106]

Thank you! You're awesome. 😉

[@debbyruszala7537]

Let me start again. I need to get rid of a computer monitor. Do I need to erase anything?

[@surpurr12]

I have computers that were kept in a shed. Exposed to cold. Can i still retrieve old pics from it?

[@Woodcity79]

Now how do we get the information out it

[@Bw40099]

my gaming pc kicked the bucket so i did this glad to know i disposed of it properly kind of a shame i had to throw away a 580

[@biomedlib]

Hello Kevin.....how do I dispose of or destroy the hard drive?

[@erichayes4661]

Put a steel drillbit thru it. No data recovery place in this world will be able to recover a platter with a freshly-drilled hole thru it.

[@angelamulholland8600]

Hi Kevin, one site said your data on the hard drive will still be accessible from the circuit board. Is this true?

[@aggielonghorn]

I have worked for a small company going on 20 years that has never had a true IT professional. I'm not a trained IT guy but because I knew the most about computers back in the mid 2000s, I ended up doing 90% of the company's computer stuff over the years, including disposal. As such, I have 3 shoe boxes full of old hard drives that I've removed from every computer that we've retired. At some point I need to take the next step on to destruction.

[@kittybeck151]

A computer tech told me to throw it down on the ground a few times & break it!

[@davida8364]

So by disposal you mean recycling your companies old computers? Did you ever replace it with a new hardrive ?

[@aggielonghorn]

@@davida8364 no, the computers were being retired and replaced. they went to electronic recyclers. I just removed every hard drive and they remain at my house to this day.

[@robertfoster3214]

Thank you good information

[@kevintalkstech]

Glad to hear that, Robert!

[@susanafernandez4568]

Hi, is there anyway I can put the hard drive in another computer so I can see my stuff? My old computer shut down and it hasn’t turned on in years, so I’m kind of going to get rid of it but I didn’t get a chance to clear out my hard drive, or save the pictures and documents...

[@sarahmcgarvey4286]

So helpful. Thank you!

[@kevintalkstech]

Thank you so much, Sarah. Glad to hear that!

[@carpediemlise]

Hi Kevin. I removed the hard drive from a 2007 Dell desktop computer. I couldn't download the data to a flash drive or cloud before I removed the hard drive because I had gotten the blue screen of death years ago and didn't know where to go from there. I did know I shouldn't toss the computer with the hard drive intact. Here it is 2020, and I've finally stumbled across your video. Very helpful, thanks. Is there anyway I can have someone retrieve the old pictures and family recipe files I had on the hard drive on my computer before it crashed a very long time ago? I have saved the hard drive just in case someone is able to help me with this. (I just wouldn't want a wayward employee from somewhere stealing my identity if they were to do this.) Thanks in advance.

[@kevintalkstech]

Hi Lise, good question. You’re right that there are services out there that can attempt to recover the data. I unfortunately don’t have a lot of experience in this realm.Make sure the place you are going is trusted - I unfortunately don’t think you’ll be able to retrieve the data without some help.

[@kittybeck151]

I have had this done before, it is possible & quite a relief. A computer tech did it for me.

[@suwanatatnina]

Thank you. It is really helpful.

[@kevintalkstech]

Hi Suwanatatnina - so glad to hear that. Thank you for watching.

[@alphabeta9425]

Who is watching in 2018 .

[@kevintalkstech]

You are? Thanks for watching.

[@HE-ip6yq]

2020. Found at back of cupboard.

[@dalegribble60]

I also fill the computer with quick set concrete and bring it with me the next time I go fishing....

[@dorothydanridge]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@wand1287]

Is there a way to get your information off the hard drive and save to another computer?

[@kevintalkstech]

I would copy the contents from the old hard drive to a flash drive (USB stick). Then, you can hook that into another computer and copy the contents over. You could also copy the hard drive’s content to a third party cloud service, but I think the flash drive is going to be the fastest and most streamlined way.

[@mikemahon6164]

very helpful info!!

[@kevintalkstech]

So glad to hear, Mike. Thank you for watching.

[@capri4682]

I went through my old pc and found out that the hard drive was a 2tb western digital green. I was about to scrap that pc

[@damian9303]

Just run DBAN, no point in removing the hard drive.

[@mistie8908]

Thank you ❤

[@kevintalkstech]

You're welcome 😊

[@keitholson3131]

Thank you

[@alexlaszlo9650]

You can use DBAN to wipe all your data from hard drive.

[@kevintalkstech]

Thanks for the tip. I haven't personally used that program, but hopefully your recommendation will help others. Always great to support free and open-source projects.

[@RedMAGACult]

what the hell is a BIZELL PIECE?

[@lefteris.adamou.1]

Why would you recycle your old pc? Just give it or sell it.hope i would know whenever people throwing out working computers so i could take them

[@kevintalkstech]

Yes, there are certainly places that would welcome computer donations. Always another option to keep in mind.

[@musicmeister1313]

are all.pc hard drives 3.5?

[@OperationFoxley19441]

Thanks!

[@ethelcasey9267]

Thanks

[@akualung]

do this: 1. give it to me. 2. go to 1

[@wwing1709]

3. do all of the above

[@carpchurch]

Do recommend a reputable place to get money for a recycled computer once the hard drive has been removed?

[@erichayes4661]

most places that accept recycled computers nowadays will not give you money. There are too many components out there. Basically what they do is refashion the recycled components into computer systems that will be able to be sold to low-budget consumers...to make low cost computers that may last for a few years, for poor people that can't afford the expensive, cutting edge stuff.

[@erichayes4661]

If you're looking to make money on old computer parts, test them, make sure they work, then sell them on ebay.

[@villiantwo]

@@erichayes4661 soooo.. just smash it with a bat and throw it in the dumpster is what you're saying?

[@JMcRay]

How do you destroy it?

[@kevintalkstech]

Here are some solutions you can try (and methods you shouldn't try). I don't want to see a comment telling me you microwaved your hard drive or put it in a bonfire! :)

[@setapartpics8300]

Hey Kevin... do you happen to know how to delete the info on a home printer/copier. I can't find any legit info online. Email me please. Thanks!

[@charlesneely]

SetApart Pics the the printer have a hard drive in it you remove the hard drive from the printer problem solved I saw this on a now cancelled CW TV spy show Nikita starring Maggie Q

[@sanna.5924]

thats all thats to be taken out right? im a noob sorry

[@kevintalkstech]

Yes, so long as you are not going to use the computer anymore. You won’t be able to do anything without it inside.

[@erichayes4661]

Hilliary used bleachbit to scrub her drives. As a matter of fact, you can use a simple scrubber program using machine language to overwrite allllllll data on a simple spindrive. The people who know how to do that are ensconced in the 3rd generation of virus scrubbers. I have been doing this sorta thing for over 20 years. data security, backup, and construction/destruction. All the tools are available if you know linux. You kids crack me up....you make me laugh....its so enjoyable to watch you all try to come up with your own solutions...

[@adityachopra3759]

What would I do with an old Hard Drive...Lol

[@kevintalkstech]

Look up hard drive recycling for a place near you that will accept them - some companies also offer recycling online. Also makes a good paper weight :)

[@MsLibby9]

@@kevintalkstech hahahaha

[@sendit1158]

Thumbs up

[@debbyruszala7537]

I want to throw out the monitor. Thanks

[@mabsfitness25]

wow

[@pedersteenberg2010]

PANT SYSTEM

[@headshotlouiebfm5698]

no help

[@kevintalkstech]

Sorry, hopefully next time.

[@jaypeelamarre2327]

Thx. I. Can t find the reset factory crap. So. Destroy it

[@daledaiken181]

.

[@hotmail696]

I did not learn much. There are people different learning styles. Thank you, anyway!

[@contiki1946]

How to get of files on a Apple Air

[@raccooneyes2099]

skip to 2:07 to get right to it.

[@Peace-nm6bx]

Thank you!

[@thrillbilly6147]

Thank you

[@rossi6113]

Thank you!