Eventually, everyone replaces computer equipment. No matter how the equipment is disposed of – giving or selling it to another user, recycling parts, or sending it to the electronic junk yard ...

Got any old floppy disks you want to get rid of? Then it's probably best you don't drop them onto the spinning blades of an upturned lawnmower. Although doing so can admittedly result in some ...

Otherwise, you may find yourself the victim of identity theft. If you are not a computer whiz, consider purchasing disk-cleaning software that can assist you in clearing your computer's storage media.

A plan to provide “restore disks” to computer users equaled copyright infringement, according to Microsoft and the government, even though the software was available free online.