now i appreciate i'm looking for 2 completely different ends of the spectrum here so i'll explain
we'll soon be overhauling some of our systems at work & going for a major upgrade. as a result, about 50% of our PCs won't meet the minimum spec of what we're likely to introduce so will need to be replaced. this will leave us with something close to 1500 PCs that'll need to be scrapped.
the costs for getting a 3rd party in to take them away are IMHO outrageous, and there's also the environmental impact since there's no telling they won't end up in landfill
there's a dude at work who volunteers for a charity that'll happily take them away for free & put them to good use in africa, so i'm hoping to propose we securely wipe all the hard drives ourselves (hence the secure deletion software) & let the charity have them which will also help fulfil our environmental commitments (obviously, if i've thought of and implemented all this, its hardly going to harm my standing either!!)
the data recovery software would be to prove that there's nothing recoverable, just to be certain (more to the point, to demonstrate to the non technical managers who'll make the decisions that there's no risk)
so....anyone have any experience with either form of application?
thanks in advance hexites


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