>Why don't you just take a hammer to the hard drive??????  And then just to be
>really sure, take a big, powerful magnet to it as well????


Because I don't think they would allow a very generous trade-in allowance
for a destroyed drive and/or computer.

I need to return a fully-functioning machine that has none of *my* data on it.

-- Jim

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James A. Rebman

Cognitive Levers Project
Center for Life-Long Learning and Design (L3D)
University of Colorado, Boulder

"In times of change, the learners will inherit the earth, while the learned
will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists."
- Eric Hoffer