You can use Time Machine, third party backup software, or an online backup service, it doesn’t matter. Please set up a regular backup schedule now.
It’s too late once your disk has failed, and the data is lost. Tip: Before we start, do you backup your Mac regularly? Please do. Mac is unable to load past the Apple logo screen.
In this article, we’ll tell you how to detect disk failure on your Mac and what to do about it. But there are still plenty of new Macs sold with hard drives, and many of us also use external hard drives to store data. Thankfully, now that most Macs come with an SSD rather than a physical hard drive, it’s less common. That’s it! Now the computer can be safely and securely recycled with all personal information removed.įor now I’ll keep the hard drive I removed “in stock” for a possible project in the future.There are few things more frightening when using a computer than the sound of a disk failing or the realization that it has already failed and your data is lost. Pull off the SATA drive connector and remove the hard drive. Remove the plastic piece that holds hard drive in place. The hard drive is easy to locate in the lower left corner.ģ. Remove the 10 screws from back panel using a small Phillips screwdriver.Ģ. ( Tools required: Small Phillips screwdriver) 1. Pull the internal hard drive out before recycling! Here’s how: That’s not a good sign for long-term reliability! Therefore, I decided to retire the computer and recycle it (at the Amherst Highway Department). But I didn’t want to recycle it with any personal data inside. What to do? Simple. Recently, my laptop’s hard drive started making weird clicking noises. I’ve repurposed it the last few years as a “desktop” computer by attaching an external display and keyboard. I have a 6-year-old MacBook Pro computer with a non-functioning display and keyboard. If you’re the least bit concerned about privacy (and you should be), you should remove the hard drive from an old notebook computer before dropping it off for electronic-recycling.
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