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On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:44:41 +0000 comrade meowski <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd keep them as backups for a while to be honest - Thanks everyone for their advice. I seem to remember scrapping an old Win Xp box for someone and wiping the HDD - it took forever. Can't remember what I used. I'll use Dban this time. I have two desktop machines each with an external backup HDD 1Tb disk and only back-up /home and mail, so I shall keep a couple of removed 1TB disks for spares and merely format them. The rest will be wiped and given away. > These are your first SSDs aren't they? Yes, my "jaunt to the Bahamas" fund has been severely depleted ;) If it all works well I may try replacing the HDD in my Win10 laptop. However, .... Thanks again, David -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq