For security reasons, how do I identify the hard drive in a dead Dell computer before I dispose of it?

For security reasons, I want to find the hard drive and destroy it before I throw the old computer away. I’ve opened it up, but I have no idea which part is the hard drive.

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  1. Victor C says:

    what was wrong with your computer?
    you could prob sell it on ebay as someone can repair it or mail it to me :-)

    how big was the hard drive? you could install it into your new computer as a slave drive.

    to find your hard drive open the case see the big white cables? there should be 2 of them not the one that goes to your cd drive the other one yep thats your hard drive it should be silver about 3.5″x5″ just unscrew the 2 or 4 screws you may have to open it up alittle to get at the screws on the other side
    remove the cables etc then slam it a few times with a hammer that should take care of it lol but i would keep it
    Ima a comp tech i love computer parts :-)

    Victor C
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