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    by cartwrightb ·

    What is the proper way of disposing a harddrive? Is there a secure and proper protocol established in the industry?

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    • #3787098

      Hardrives

      by syscokid ·

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      God question. I’m not sure if there’s a standard. What we do is reformat using the /u switch (format c: /u) which means you can’t later “unformat” the disk.

      If you really want to trash it I bet a large magnet or tape degausser would do the trick.

      • #3787075

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        by cartwrightb ·

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        Looking for a Physical Solution. Whats the best way to destroy the disks surface?

    • #3787047

      Hardrives

      by syscokid ·

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      Like I said, degauss, or take it apart. Look here:
      http://www.datarec.com/dataremoval.html

    • #3787039

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      by cartwrightb ·

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      This question was closed by the author

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