I take out the hard drive, punch three holes in it with a masonry drill bit, and then take it to Best Buy for hardware recycling.
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#12It goes in the closet. After a few years it goes in the basement. There it stays for many years until it goes to the trash because it has no sentimental value anymore.
Lol that's precisely my process as well. However, I don't store if for sentimental value, but as a backup in case my main machine stops working.