This is an old PC I have. I wanted to put Linux on it and do some experiments with homelabbing, but it’s so old-it only has 512 MB RAM and around 20 GB storage, so I don’t think I can use it that efficiently.
Also, my main problem was that I couldn’t put Linux on it because it doesn’t support USB boot, and I don’t have any CD to burn nor a burner. I tried other workarounds as well, but they didn’t work. On top of that, since this PC is full of viruses, I also can’t connect it to the internet.
So, I’m just going to sell this bad boy and purchase a secondhand PC to use as a home server.
My questions are:
- Since USB boot doesn’t work and I can’t connect to the internet, how should I format this PC so I can sell it without any worries?
- Are there any precautions I should take before selling this PC?
Pop the drive out, put it in a toaster (aka hard drive sled or adapter - you just need to make sure it’s compatible with said drive), and DBAN it or whatever.
Alternately, physical destruction of the platters works! Don’t forget: There’s a nice magnet or two inside, they make good refrigerator magnets.
Yeyy magnets!!
I NEVER toss the magnets. There a fat ball of them in my desk drawer right now.
How can you live like that? I had a single one in a drawer and it drove me nuts, sticking to random crap/tools/pens or to the drawer rails!!
I ended up sticking it on top of the door frame so at least is out of the way