I have an old laptop that I’d like to get rid of. I’ve repurposed its SSD and RAM. It has an HDD on it, but it’s so old, that it probably shouldn’t be used anymore. A screw doesn’t fit properly, so the chassis is a bit bumpy on one corner. But it works just fine. (Has an 8th gen i7 in it.)

I already have home-servers etc., so I just want to get rid of it. What’s the most ethical way of doing it?

I’m currently living somewhere in southern USA, if that’s relevant.

  • Barbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Don’t post that, people can read your data! Obviously I’m kidding.

    If you’ve never taken one apart before, the disk head can make an excellent ray gun for the right action figures and the magnets are a lot of fun but can be deceptively strong. Don’t let two hard drive magnets touch, you might never get them apart again.

    • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρєOP
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      8 hours ago

      I have opened some before, but every single time, I’m just kind of awestruck that this thing actually works. It’s such a delicate dance of these rapidly moving components, it’s hard to even comprehend. SSDs are much much simpler in comparison.