I've bought a replacement for my broken down PC, and would like to dispose of it, but it still has my data on the hard drive. I would have to get the PC repaired to erase the data. Barbara Evans
Simply remove the hard drive before disposing of the base unit. It's not hard to do if you have a crosshead screwdriver. If the drive is big enough to be worth the effort, you could mount it in an external drive case and use it as a USB drive with your new machine. If it's a small drive and you don't need to rescue any data, you can do enough physical damage to render it inoperable -- eg, wrap it in a tea towel and whack it with a large hammer. The tea towel is to stop bits flying around, but you should also wear appropriate protective equipment such as goggles.
