OK, I'm not a computer dummy but definitely not an expert either. I was booting up a old windows desktop to get it ready for DH to use at his work. About 5 minutes into it the computer froze and I got the blue screen of death. Now I'm reminded that my computer kept doing that and that's why we bought me a MacBook over 5 years ago.

My question is what are my choices here?

Recycle it? Then to wipe it clean should I just remove the hard drive and smash it? ?

Or sell it? Is it worth the effort of wiping all my personal information from the desktop? How much can I realistically get for a old Dell XP

Try to fix it? I'm no guru and we both use our laptops way more. We have other old desktops that DH can use at work.

Any suggestions?