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    Is It Safe To Recycle Laptop If Hard Drive Has Been Removed?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Binables, Feb 18, 2014.

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    Binables Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've an older (2003) hp pavilion laptop that has quit. I've removed the hard drive. Is the laptop now safe to recycle? In other words: is any personal information or data stored anywhere else on this machine?
     
    Binables, Feb 18, 2014
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    Copy that, Indrek. The only drive that I've been unable to open is the floppy disc drive.
     
    Binables, Feb 19, 2014
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