Remove Hard Drive

My desktop iMac is either a 2002 or 2003 model. How do I remove the hard drive because disposing?

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Posted on Sep 16, 2023 8:03 AM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2023 8:38 AM

We need more information please.


"2002 or 2003" could be one of two very diffrent models. One poses a serious electrioc shock hazard when improperly opened.


Is it this form factor (G3 iMac):



or this (G4 iMac):


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Sep 16, 2023 10:18 AM in response to Allan Jones


Perhaps an overzealous look into an end-user attempt at physically removing

a hard drive prior to disposal of a failed old Mac computer, would not result in

wiping good advice from this webpage; which had been allowed in prior years.


..Hopefully now missing information was useful, but it's still on interwebs..


As this kind of editorial review is sadly more commonplace, its also insane.

Good xxx with a decreasingly 'small worldview' from the centers of hi-tech.🤨

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