Prior to recycling your hardware, you may want to consider the need to remove any data it contains. A number of Federal and/or state laws may affect your need to adequately sanitize data that may be contained on your hardware device. Please use the resources listed here to assist you in your data sanitization decisions.
A number of resources concerning data sanitization are available on the web by performing a search. Here are links to two resources. The first provides a broad background on data sanitization. The second provides a software download that can be used for data sanitization (one of many available on the web).
NIST Data Sanitization Information
KillDisk Data Sanitization Software
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