Instructions for Preparing Church-owned Computer for Disposal

Author: Sokly Vann

September 24, 2014
Version 2.3

Table of Contents
1. Background
2. USB Flash
3. URL for downloading Parted Magic
4. URL for downloading Universal USB Installer
5. Instructions on how to create a bootable USB drive using Universal USB Installer
6. How to use PartedMagic to wipe a Hard Drive (IDE, SATA, SSD)
7. Instructions on wiping a Mac (OSX 10.7 or Later)
8. Instructions on wiping a Mac (OSX 10.6 or Earlier)
9. LDS Surplus

Instructions for Preparing a Church-owned Computer for Disposal

1.

As of August 1, 2014 the Church has contracted with a new vendor to dispose of old computers. Employees at
remote locations should access http://ldssurplus.com/ and request a computer pickup. The vendor will contact the
employee within 24 hours to schedule the pickup, and can also provide shipping materials if needed.
a. This service is only available for customers in the continental U.S. locations. Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and
International area customers should still work with their area materials management representative to
dispose of old computers.
b. All PCs and Laptops must have their storage device (hard drive) erased before being sent for disposal
c. Please use the following instructions to erase all data before shipping.
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2.

You need a USB flash drive (also known as a thumb drive or pen drive). A minimum of a 1G drive is
recommended. *** The flash drive will be formatted and data will be overwritten DO NOT use the flash drive if you
have data that you want on it. ***

3.

Download Parted Magic software at http://liveupate.ldschurch.org/Field/PMagic061014.iso and save the ISO to

your DESKTOP.

4.

Download Universal USB Installer at http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USBInstaller/Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.5.exe and save the program to your DESKTOP.

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5. How to create a bootable USB Drive using Universal USB Installer. (The USB flash drive
must be insterted into the computer before going through this process and steps 3 and 4 must
have been completed before proceeding.)

Double-click the icon for the Universal USB Installer program on your desktop:
Youll get
a UAC prompt (not pictured here). Click Click Yes to agree and then youll see the following
screen:

a. Click I Agree. Youll then see this:

b. In Step 1 drop-down menu, select PartedMagic from the list:

c. In Step 2 field, browse to the PartedMagic.iso file on the desktop (Your

Desktop folder) by click Browse, selecting the file, and clicking OPEN:

d. In the Step 3 drop-down menu, choose the drive letter that pertains to the
flash drive. This should be E or F. If theres only one flash drive connected

you dont need to pick any letters; its already there. Check the FORMAT
box, as well.

e. When youre ready to continue, click Create. Youll see this warning:

f.

Click YES to continue. The program will setup the drive with the files
needed

g. Click CLOSE.

6. How to use PartedMagic to wipe a Hard drive (IDE, SATA, SSD)

The flash drive is now a bootable and ready to be used to run PartedMagic to wipe out the contents of the drives you
select. Now youre ready to wipe the hard drive(s) on the old computer. If the flash drive is connected to the old
computer already, leave it there. If its in another computer, safely remove it and insert it into the old computer that will
be discarded.
Reboot (if logged into Windows) or turn on the old computer that now has the flash drive connected to it.
When the manufacturers logo appears on the screen, (TAP repeatedly) press F12 (if on a Dell or Lenovo) or press F9 (if
on an HP) until a boot menu appears.
a. Select USB Storage Device and hit Enter

b. Select Default settings 32 (Runs from RAM) and hit ENTER

c. The PartedMagic program will load select the time zone on the main menu.
Double-click on the Erase Disk icon to launch the program.

d. Click on the Internal tab and click on ATA Secure Erase- Wipe entire drive at
the hardware level.

e. Hard drive attached will appear and you may see the Frozen listed for the
hard drive. If you see that click on Sleep and you should see the screen turn
black and turn back to the screen in about 10 seconds.

f.

Now Not Frozen should appear and you can select the hard drive and click
Continue

g. Check on I allow this utility to erase the listed device(s). Click on Start Erase
to delete the hard drive.

h. Once youre done click on the BOTTOM Left hand corner to close out the
program.
** You DO NOT need to download any additional software OSX Utilities is built-in on the Mac **
7. Wiping a Mac (OSX 10.7 or Later)
a. Boot into the Recovery HD. Reboot the computer and hold down the Command + R
keys while the computer boots. This will load the Recovery utility. Select the Recovery HD
and press Continue.
a. Open the Disk Utility. This program will allow you to manipulate your installed hard
drives. You can access Disk Utility from the Recovery HD.

b. Select your hard disk. In the left menu, you will see a list of your computers installed
hard disks. Select the hard disk that you want to wipe.
c. Click the Erase tab. Here you can select the format you want the disk to be. For OS X,
the format should be Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). You can name the disk as well if
youd like.

e. Click the Security Options button. By default, the drive will be reformatted with a onepass method that writes zeros over the entire disk. This is moderately secure, but if
you want more security, you can pick from several options.

f.

Click the Erase button. Your drive will now begin the wipe process. Depending on the
Security Options you chose, this can take a significant amount of time. Once the
process is complete, the drive will be wiped and formatted for your system.

8. Wiping a Mac (OSX 10.6 or Earlier)

a.
Boot up the installation DVD. Insert the installation DVD or CD into your computer and reboot. Press
and hold the C button while the computer is rebooting to open the Installation menu.
(1) If you are using a USB drive with the installer on it, press and hold the Option key during startup and
select the USB drive from the list of volumes.
b.
Open the Disk Utility. This program will allow you to manipulate your installed hard drives. You can
access Disk Utility from the Utilities section of the Installation menu in OS X 10.6 or earlier.
c.
Click the Erase tab. Here you can select the format you want the disk to be. For OS X, the format should
be Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). You can name the disk as well if youd like.

d.
Click the Security Options button. By default, the drive will be reformatted with a one-pass method that
writes zeros over the entire disk. This is moderately secure, but if you want more security, you can pick from
several options.
e.
Click the Erase button. Your drive will now begin the wipe process. Depending on the Security Options
you chose, this can take a significant amount of time. Once the process is complete, the drive will be wiped and
formatted for your system.
(2) Once the Erase procedure is complete, click the Quit Disk Utility button.
9. Log on the the pickup site at http://ldssurplus.com/ and CLICK Start Here to schedule a pick up of your OLD PC.
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