{"id":2821,"date":"2018-01-30T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcserviceonsite.ca\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2018-05-29T02:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T02:53:22","slug":"what-do-i-do-with-my-old-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcserviceonsite.ca\/what-do-i-do-with-my-old-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I do with my old computer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2678 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pcserviceonsite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20160112_084008-768x432-400x432-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"hard drive, computer repairs Barrie, computer repairs Toronto, what do I do with my old computer\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcserviceonsite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20160112_084008-768x432-400x432-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/pcserviceonsite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20160112_084008-768x432-400x432.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/>So your computer has come to its end. It has given you everything it can but its time to move on and get a new computer. But before you get rid of the old computer its important to remember it stores a lot of information on it that the bad guys might just love to get their hands on.<\/p>\n<p>Because you are tech savvy you already back your data up regularly and are ready to transfer a copy to the new computer. However if you haven&#8217;t backed up its absolutely vital that you back up the old computer and set up a back up system for the new computer. Once that is in place you can make plans to get rid of the old computer.<\/p>\n<p>First off <strong>NEVER<\/strong> put your computer into the garbage. Computers should never ever end up in a landfill. You can drop it off at a recycling depot or donate it.<\/p>\n<p>But before you do that you need to get the data off the computer. You can scrub each file individually (time consuming and not perfect.) Securely wipe the hard drive. Remove the hard drive and store it. Or you can physically destroy the hard drive by drilling through it several times.<\/p>\n<p>We love to get older computers that are still in working order. We take them clean them up and then <a href=\"https:\/\/pcserviceonsite.ca\/donate-your-computer\/\">donate<\/a> them to local families and charities in need. We will also pick up your old dead computers and make sure they are properly recycled.\u00a0 We securely wipe the hard drives of computers that we donate and destroy the hard drives of the computers recycled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So your computer has come to its end. It has given you everything it can but its time to move on and get a new computer. But before you get rid of the old computer its important to remember it stores a lot of information on it that the bad guys might just love to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do I do with my old computer? - PC Service On Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What do I do with my old computer? 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