Am I Safe From Removing the Hard Drive Before Recycling Old Laptop?

I took my 7 years old HP laptop to Staples for recycling after taking out the hard drive! I am just wondering if it is safe enough by just removing the hard drive out of it. The laptop itself had loss the sound system, and over heated for a long time. I don't do anything illegal like download music, game or movie, but there are personal information in it.

So am I safe from just removing the hard drive?

 

Yes all your private info was on the hard drive,if you still have the drive
then use it as a backup drive.

This cable adaptor will help you use the old hard drive.


http://www.laptop-forums.com/threads/external-cable-to-help-you-when-cloning-your-hard-drive.25112/

 

Thanks both of you IcyBC for asking and something back for replying I have a question though @something back, using an old hard drive as a backup drive, is it safe or is there a risk to lose data or something like that? Are there any other risks we should know about?

 

With everything it can fail, thats why a copy is so handy, you can clone one hard drive to another
even clone a large drive to a smaller one if there's not to much info on the large drive.

Of course you can clone a small one to a larger one, if the one on the computer you are using
is becoming full, or you wish to upgrade to a larger and faster one.

You can also upgrade from a sata/ide drive to a ssd or hdd drive

This may help explain the difference

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404258,00.asp

 

Thank you @something back but the hard drive is for Window, and I am now using MackBook Air! They are not compatible are they?

I also have a Seagate portable hard drive for Window and have loads of photos and articles on it, but I was told I can't use it with my Mac. I have to find another one for my Mac.

 

Having never seeing A MACBOOK AIR HARDDRIVE IS IT A 1.8" DRIVE 16 PIN

I LOOKED UP SOME ALTERNATIVES IF IT IS?

1.8-Inch Micro SATA to usb

CADDIES AND CABLES.


http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SATA-1-...ZBWD8WNG&dpSrc=sims&dpST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_

USING THAT WITH THIS

http://www.amazon.com/Inch-Micro-Dr...8-Inch+USB+to+Micro+SATA+Hard+Drive+Enclosure


http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...o+usb.TRS0&_nkw=1.8+harddrive+to+usb&_sacat=0

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_o...ATA+to+usb&_sacat=0&_requireRaptorProxy=false

 

Where do you live? Can I just bring my laptop and hard drive to you, @something back ? This sounds absolutely way over my comfort level with knowledge for computer. With my luck, I will definitely mess it up, or going bald by the end of the day

 

It's so easy to do, going bald it's not the end of the world.

 

Apple MacBook Air harddrive replacement video
This is probably YOUR MODEL

VIDEO HELP

 

Thank you for the video @something back ! It all looks so easy! I once tempted to fix my point and shoot camera and got as far as taking out the parts, but putting them back was more than I bargained for. Long story short, I couldn't get to where I wanted to clean the inside of the lens and the screws won't even fitted back in there