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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Can I ask a question of the computer-savvy amongst you, please?

    I have an old eMac that I want to recycle, so am trying to wipe it. It’s got os 9.2 & X and I don’t have the original discs it came with, so can’t do the standard disc erase.

    In 9.2 I tried putting all everything in the trash with the aim of deleting them that way (yup, I’m a clueless idiot, lol), and got to the point that it froze up so I restarted it, and now it’s got a blank screen with these 2 alternating images. Unplugged and restarted a couple of times with same result.

    My main question is, is it safe to recycle in this state? I doubt there’s anything too personal on it anyway but just want to be sure. Or should I cut off the power cord? Don’t really want to go to a Mac shop as I’ve already wasted enough $ buying it in the first place.