And not only that, are they legally liable for the kit at all, say someone gets electricuted as soon as they plug it in at home.
Sgreed, this legal liability is important. Suppose the momey I put in the Sunday collecion plate has one of my [microbial] bugs on it and I get sued for the churchwarden's next cold? Safe policies are vital - don't put any in.
limited experience a degausser capable of that would render the hard disk as good as unusable. And giving away PCs that require hard disks isn't such a PR coup.
Well, for fifty of the first seventy we removed the drive before converting to discless workstations, now leave them in but disconnected. it would certainly be a little easier without them. -- Christopher Dawkins, Felsted School, Dunmow, Essex CM6 3JG 01371-820527 or 07798 636725 cchd@felsted.essex.sch.uk