Before getting rid of your old device, there are a couple of things you need to do to prepare for its disposal.
First, you’ll want to ensure you’ve transferred all your important information (passwords, licence keys for software, financial information, etc) to your new hard drive, or uploaded them to a cloud storage platform – such as Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud.
When you switch to your new device, your data can be retrieved simply by logging into your account.
All files that you don’t need should be removed from your hard drive before you send it to us for disposal. But this isn’t as simple as hitting the delete key.
Doing this doesn’t remove the data from your hard drive, it only removes your device’s ability to index them, and you’ll need to use a disk-wiping software to make sure everything is properly removed.