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Selling iMac with broken HDD

peejay1986 · 2023-02-14 18:55:10

I've a 2015ish iMac here with a broken Fusion Drive. The machine won't boot up as a result. I've tried steps to recover it, but had no joy. The rest of the machine functioned perfectly so it's a shame not to try and get a little bit of money for it. However, I don't want to sell it knowing the HDD is still inside and not…

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14-02-2023 7:55pm

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peejay1986

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I've a 2015ish iMac here with a broken Fusion Drive. The machine won't boot up as a result. I've tried steps to recover it, but had no joy.
The rest of the machine functioned perfectly so it's a shame not to try and get a little bit of money for it.
However, I don't want to sell it knowing the HDD is still inside and not formatted (even though it's broke I'm not sure if the data is recoverable) and neither do I have the patience / ability to open it up to remove the HDD.
Im wondering if there is anywhere I can legitimately sell this given the circumstances? Am I being stupid to fear that someone might try to recover the data?
Any suggestions?

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