|
|
 |
|
|
Popular Ways to do Hard Drive Shredding by Richard Conard
|
|
|
Popular Ways to do Hard Drive Shredding |
|
|
|
|
|
Computers
|
|
Hard drive shedding is when your old hard drive is when your old hard drives are physically destroyed so any data that might be on them cannot be recovered after the part is disposed of properly. On hard drives the data that is electronically stored there contains confidential information. It is also covered by the FACTA (the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions and the HIPPA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) Act that covers the proper disposal rules. The big question is what way would be the best way to destroy this information correctly.
• Software erasure—on the market today there many software programs that “claim” they are in compliance with the Department of Defense’s disposal rules. There are some of these software programs that you have to pay for and some that you can download for free. Both types work on the same principle of overwriting the hard drive several tunes with bad data, The National Association of Information Destruction (NAID) at this time does not recognize software tools for destroying data as an adequate means of doing so. The software that is sold to get rid of data on the hard drive does not come with a warranty that guarantees all of this information is gone using a hard drive shredding software program. One of the biggest problems using this type of software is the time that it takes to run the program. For example, to erase a forty gig hard drive it could take two to three hours or longer.
• Physical shredding or data destruction—with method of hard drive shredding the hard drive is physically destroyed. The data is not completely destroyed if you just smash it with a hammer or put a drill through it. All it does is make the hard drive no longer usable. Unfortunately anyone with forensics ability would still be able to recover most of the data that was on the hard drive. The only way that you can make sure that the data cannot be reconstructed is to shred the hard drive into little pieces. For this to occur there are many companies that will do hard drive shredding for a fraction of what it costs to purchase software erasure tools.
• Degaussing—this is the process of sticking a magnet that is very strong next to your hard drive so it will no longer hold any data. This method of hard drive shredding will eliminate all the time it would take to erase the drive with erasure software. The tool that is used to perform this process is cost prohibitive for your average office.
Related Articles -
Chicago electronics Recycling, Chicago Computer Recycling, Data destruction, Hard drive shredding, computer recycle, electronics recycling, Tv Recycli,
|
Rate This Article  |
|
|
|
|
|
Do you Agree or Disagree? Have a Comment? POST IT!
| Reader Opinions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author Login |
|
|
 |
Advertiser Login
ADVERTISE HERE NOW!
Limited Time $60 Offer!
90 Days-1.5 Million Views
|
|
TIM FAY
After 60-plus years of living, I am just trying to pass down some of the information that I have lea...more
|
|
|
|
|
PAUL PHILIPS
For more articles, blog messages & videos and a free e-book download go to www.NewParadigm.ws your p...more
|
|
|
|
|
LAURA JEEVES
At LeadGenerators, we specialise in content-led Online Marketing Strategies for our clients in the t...more
|
|
|
|
|
ADRIAN JOELE
I have been involved in nutrition and weight management for over 12 years and I like to share my kn...more
|
|
|
|
|
GENE MYERS
Author of four books and two screenplays; frequent magazine contributor. I have four other books "in...more
|
|
|
|
|
DONNIE LEWIS
I'm an avid consumer of a smoothie a day living, herbs, vitamins and daily dose of exercise. I'm 60...more
|
|
|
|
|
ALEX BELSEY
I am the editor of QUAY Magazine, a B2B publication based in the South West of the UK. I am also the...more
|
|
|
|
|
SUSAN FRIESEN
Located in the lower mainland of B.C., Susan Friesen is a visionary brand strategist, entrepreneur, ...more
|
|
|
|
|
STEPHEN BYE
Steve Bye is currently a fiction writer, who published his first novel, ‘Looking Forward Through the...more
|
|
|
|
