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#367606 - 23/09/2016 12:47 HDDs for charity?
tahir
pooh-bah

Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1900
Loc: London
I've got a collection of working SATA HDDs which I need to get rid of (1x320gb, 3x500gb, 1x1tb) I thought I'd donate them to charity but I can't find anywhere online to do that, they all seem to want whole PCs.

Any ideas for a UK charity that I can give these (possibly other stuff too) to?

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#367608 - 23/09/2016 21:37 Re: HDDs for charity? [Re: tahir]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
I can't imagine that there are any charities that would want that. I'm surprised you even found charities that want whole PCs. Do they specify what kind of PCs?

I was under the impression that schools and charities didn't want old computers anymore. It's hard for them to refurbish a bunch of one-offs, especially when they can get professionally-refurbished systems bulk-ordered for very little. I could order a dozen Core 2 Duo Dell Optiplex computers for under $1000, and they'd come with fresh Windows 7 licenses. I think a charity would consider that a better use of their time and money, rather than taking one of my client's ancient XP towers they've had since 2002.
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#367609 - 24/09/2016 01:09 Re: HDDs for charity? [Re: tahir]
larry818
old hand

Registered: 01/10/2002
Posts: 1033
Loc: Fullerton, Calif.
Goodwill (here in the US) uses the sales of their stuff to hire folks and keep them employed. They take computer stuff and build working systems.

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#367610 - 24/09/2016 13:15 Re: HDDs for charity? [Re: Dignan]
K447
old hand

Registered: 29/05/2002
Posts: 798
Loc: near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Originally Posted By: Dignan
I ...professionally-refurbished systems bulk-ordered for very little. I could order a dozen Core 2 Duo Dell Optiplex computers for under $1000, and they'd come with fresh Windows 7 licenses...
Link for these refurbished comouters?

Windows ... oh well...


Edited by K447 (24/09/2016 15:09)

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#367611 - 24/09/2016 21:40 Re: HDDs for charity? [Re: tahir]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
Here's where I occasionally get refurbs for clients who want a cheap computer. They sell Macs too.
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