1. Donate or sell to others: If the performance of computer equipment is acceptable, you can choose to donate or sell to those in need, which will not only benefit others, but also reduce the generation of garbage.
2. Recycling and reuse: Some countries or regions have special institutions to receive old electronic equipment and recycle it. Through recycling, valuable components and substances in old electronic equipment can be effectively utilized, while reducing environmental pollution. For more information, please consult the local environmental protection department, recycling.taobao.com and other related platforms.
3. Hard disks that have not been started for ten years need to be destroyed: because this "renovation" does not take into account the problem of memory data, there will be risks such as restoring deleted files.
4. Personal data cleaning: Personal information must be cleaned up strictly before scrapping to avoid revealing personal privacy. You can use the data erasing tool to erase personal data on the hard disk to ensure that all sensitive information is completely deleted.
5. Pay attention to safety before disposal: When handling old computers, pay attention to prevent potential safety hazards caused by battery power and residual voltage. At the same time, we should pay attention to the hazards of chemicals (capacitance, power supply, etc.). ) the impact on the environment and health.
In short, when dealing with obsolete computers, we must take environmental protection and the protection of personal information as the premise and choose appropriate methods to deal with them.