does breaking the hard drives affect the scrap value?

Like my titles says does it affect the scrap value if i break the hard drive disk?

Nope.

take the board off first. Some buyers might not like the boards smashed to bits.

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Originally Posted by drozenski

take the board off first. Some buyers might not like the boards smashed to bits.

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... and sell the boards separate to another ewaste recycler - HD boards are around $10-$11/lb. But like the others said, it doesn't decrease the value. Most of us need to do some sort of breaking/destruction of the drive to assure non-recovery of data.

Anything we do that breaks the drive is nothing compared to what's going to happen it.

No guys i meant the disk that contains personal data.

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Originally Posted by AJR

... and sell the boards separate to another ewaste recycler - HD boards are around $10-$11/lb. But like the others said, it doesn't decrease the value. Most of us need to do some sort of breaking/destruction of the drive to assure non-recovery of data.

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Yeah exactly what i mean there could be credit card numbers on that drive and could lead to identity theft.

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Originally Posted by DropYoTop

Yeah exactly what i mean there could be credit card numbers on that drive and could lead to identity theft.

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run the disks thru a heavy duty paper shredder. Then you can sell the pieces by the shoebox full.

Yeah i have not though of that

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Originally Posted by Mechanic688

run the disks thru a heavy duty paper shredder. Then you can sell the pieces by the shoebox full.

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