The Right Way to Deal with Hard Drives

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If you are thinking about upgrading your
computer, there are chances that you are not even
thinking about the fate of the information that
you have stored in the hard drive. If you are
like most people you may choose to press the
delete person and believe that you are now safe
nothing could be further from the truth. IT asset
disposal Chicago goes beyond putting your old
computer in a dumpster and believing that you
have played your role.
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First and foremost you want to remember that
computer hard drives are made using potentially
hazardous materials that are dangerous to the
environment this is in addition to the fact that
they also carry extremely sensitive and private
information that identity thieves can use to get
into your different bank and other accounts and
you dont know what else they can steal. There
are simple but important processes that are
recommended when doing hard drive shredding so
you can protect your identity and that of others.
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It is recommended that all information is wiped
out from hard drives before you give them out for
hard drive shredding in order to reduce chances
that any crooked individual will somehow attempt
to get access to your files. Simply deleting your
files from the hard drive is no adequate you may
also want to consider reformatting the drive as
an extra step. There is data wipe software that
you can use to ensure that it has completely been
erased. What most people dont realize is that
even after manually deleting your files, there
are ways that can be used to recover them from
the hard drive.
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In order to completely ensure that your sensitive
company or personal data isnt ever going to be
recovered, you may want to choose the physical
hard drive destruction. The truth is that there
are small chances that data that has been wiped
can still be recovered using more powerful
software. The only sure fire way to keep your
data completely safe is to contact hard drive
shredding companies who will completely destroy
such hard drives to pieces that cannot be put
together.
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Hard drives contain hazardous materials that can
harm the environment it is therefore recommended
that you always make sure that you use reputable
hard drive shredding companies since they have
different safe ways of breaking down the hard
drives. Whether they are going to shred hard
drive, melt or use any other formula, their goal
is always to ensure that the hard drive
destruction is accomplished in compliance with
the laid down regulations. There are some of
these companies that also offer electronics IT
recycling Chicago they mine all the materials in
the hard drive that can still be used and save
them for new devices.
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