Equivalent Caution

Contents of old hard drives were copied to the current
computer using a Sabrent docking station.

On Saturday we took three boxes of electronics equipment to the local YMCA for its e-waste fundraiser.

The most time-consuming part was separating the wheat from the chaff. We spent several hours going through boxes of retired/broken computers, disk drives, printers, keyboards, and cables. A few still-useful items were rescued.

Also, we finally downloaded and wiped data from a couple of hard disks that were to go to the recycler.

"Let the buyer beware" is a hoary principle of commerce. In contemporary America disposing of the stuff so carefully acquired requires an equivalent caution.