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Before you throw out or destroy an old hard drive, check out a few ways that you can put it to use without making our landfills any bigger.

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Your old solid state drive (SSD) has a lot of files on it that you probably don't want ending up in a stranger's hands, so you keep it in a place safe from prying eyes and greedy hands. As long as it ...

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