Panasonic U500D user manual Disposing of PC and PC batteries

Troubleshooting

Disposing of PC and PC batteries

nDiscard this PC in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. For further information, contact your local government.

nThis PC contains rechargeable batteries. After repeated use, the batteries will finally lose their ability to hold a charge and you will need to replace them. Under certain applicable laws and regulation, it may be illegal to dispose of old batteries by placing them in the trash.

nPlease be kind to our shared environment. Check with your local government authority for details regarding where to recycle old batteries or how to dispose of them properly. This product contains mercury. Disposal of this material may be regulated due to environmental considerations. For disposal, reuse or recycling information, please contact your local government.

nIf your hard disk or other storage media contains sensitive data, you should be aware that standard deletion procedures do not remove data from the media. These standard deletion procedures include:

nSelecting Delete for a target file

nPutting files in the Recycle Bin and emptying the Recycle Bin

nReformatting the media

nReinstalling an operating system from the recovery CD-ROM

The procedures above delete only the initial part of the data used for file management. This makes the file invisible to the operating system, but the data can still be read by specialized utilities. If you dispose of the PC, please delete all the data on its hard disk drive. Doing so prevents unauthorized use of such data. To ensure your data is not used for unauthorized purposes, you can:

nPhysically destroy the hard disk drive

nUse a proven specialized utility to overwrite all data

nTake the hard disk drive to a professional deletion service

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