Rick’s answer: Karen, the answer to your question is a definite NO, with one possible exception.Īpart from the hard drive(s) or SDD(s), there are no other components inside a PC that permanently store any of your files.īut as mentioned above, there is one possible exception: an optical drive. I want to make absolutely sure no one will ever be able to find those pics. This is very important to me because when I was young and foolish I took some really personal pictures of myself and put them on a couple of my computers.
What I mean is are there any other parts in there besides the hard drive that might have my files stored on them?
My question is will removing the hard drive from a PC completely eliminate any possibility of someone finding my old files. I’ve always heard that you need to destroy a computer’s hard drive before you recycle it to prevent someone else from maybe getting your files. Question from Karen: I have several old computers in my basement that I want to recycle.
