On 10/30/22 17:22, Slade Watkins via users wrote:
On 10/30/22 7:51 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
I have an upcoming appointment with a customer
who wants a number of his old computers
(mostly iMacs) removed from service.
With other computers, if I can remove the
drives, I just remove them and give them
to the customer to hit with a hammer.
But iMacs I will need a glass puller, etc..
Hey,
UGH, I wish Apple just let you get access from the back and replace the
drive yourself. Alas, they "need" (read: want) "a trained professional"
to do it.
And they wear the proper, Apple approved Micky Mouse
ears whilst doing it.
So what I usually do when I can not get the
drive out is to boot into a Linux (Fedora)
Live USB and run
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd[x]
Where sd[x] is the drive to be blanked.
This will write 0x00H across every section
of the drive.
Then give it to the computer local charity used
computer store (or the dumpster)
"dev" only has to see the drive. I do not
need or want to be able to mount or read
the drive, just see it. dd is a block
device and does not care what format is.
Do any of you guys know if I will be able
to see the drive on a iMac?
Not an iMac, but I've been able to see the drive of my (Late 2014) Mac
mini in my live environment. Should come right up in the disk utility,
unless something has changed or your client has it configured differently.
LMK if you have any other questions and I'd be willing to test them for you.
Cheers,
-srw
Thank you! Sound like I will be able to
accomplish it.
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