Wisetek, Hard Drive Disposal Experts
Wisetek provides a comprehensive suite of hard drive disposal solutions to meet your organization’s needs.
13.7M
Disk drives erased, certified and destroyed
19.2M
Parts recorded and processed
$1.75B
Components Recovered and Reused
Professional hard drive disposal is amongst the best ways to keep your sensitive data secure. Unfortunately, many organizations handling large amounts of data are not taking the proper precautions against data breaches and identity theft.
Hard drive disposal carries a wide range of benefits in addition to the obvious: security. Moreover, many methods exist for properly disposing of hard drives depending on the quantity and efficiency of hard drives as well as their underlying technology.
This is why professional ITAD and hard drive disposal solutions from Wisetek are the best way of maintaining safety and regulatory compliance.
WHY CHOOSE WISETEK
FOR HARD DRIVE DISPOSAL?
National
Coverage
Wherever you operate within the United States, Wisetek provides complete coverage. Our American office locations and mobile fleet of data destruction vehicles can serve your organization from coast to coast.
Full ITAD
Solutions
Shredding, degaussing, disintegration, and crushing/punching are all ideal methods of secure data destruction, but they are best complemented in tandem with a comprehensive suite of ITAD solutions from Wisetek.
Create an Effective CSR Strategy
Environmental waste issues are a major area of public debate, with many businesses coming under scrutiny for wasteful processes. Formulate a CSR strategy that works by choosing Wisetek for certified recycling and safe disposal of IT assets.
Your Trust
is Our Goal
Wisetek provides clients with transparent processes, full audit trails, and certificates of destruction. We also provide in-person and video verification of our data destruction processes so you can be assured that your data is safe.
Be Wholly and
Effortlessly Compliant
Over half of all states have data disposal laws, which can be stringent and result in fines or penalties for non-compliance. Keep your organization fully compliant with Wisetek’s ITAD services.
Flexible Pricing to Suit Your Business
Flexible payment and pricing plans are a great benefit to your business since you’ll receive exactly the solutions you require. Every business has its own unique needs when it comes to ITAD, so take advantage of Wisetek’s flexible pricing.
What is Hard Drive Disposal?
Hard drive disposal is the process of destroying, reselling, or recycling redundant IT assets within an organisation in a safe and secure manner so that all data is made completely irretrievable afterwards. Many methods of hard drive disposal exist for different types of media.
The task of secure data destruction differs from paper document shredding in that data is increasingly going digital, meaning that you may destroy the hard drive but the data stored therein may still be retrievable by a savvy thief.
Hard Drive Degaussing
Since traditional hard drives use magnetic platters to store media, powerful magnetic forces from a degaussing machine can render the hard drive data completely irretrievable without physical destruction of the casing. Wisetek’s hard drive degausser machines are NSA approved, making them a superbly secure choice for assured destruction.
Hard Drive Shredding
Shredding is practical and widely used since it can be provided via mobile data destruction vehicles. It involves physically slicing the hard drives into tiny fragments, making data irretrievable.Wisetek uses hard drive shredding equipment that tears hard drives apart into 10mm (or 2mm upon request) chunks in rapid succession.
Leave Hard Drive Disposal to the Experts
Only 17 per cent of global organizations are using physical destruction processes, such as Degaussing or Shredding, with the remainder either using formatting software – or even worse – taking no action at all.Instead, consult a professional ITAD company such as Wisetek that has a proven track record of confidentiality and certifications when it comes to secure data destruction. This not only saves time and money, but it also ensures that your organization is meeting compliance with state regulations for data disposal.
Frequently asked questions
What part of hard drive needs to be destroyed ?
Hard drives differ in their technology, with most being either hard disk drives (HDD) or solid-state drives (SSD). HDDs use magnetic storage technology to store data, with the actual storage component being a small, silver-colored disc (commonly called a “platter”). Dinging or shattering the platter into small pieces renders the hard drive useless.
Can old hard drives be recycled?
Yes! Once hard drives have been thoroughly destroyed, the constituent parts can be recycled. This doesn’t mean you can simply recycle an entire hard drive, however. The hard drive should be disintegrated or crushed before being recycled.
Do not dispose of unprocessed hard drives in a landfill. This contributes to the growing e-waste crisis, and in many states, data disposal laws prohibit improper disposal of electronic waste and can issue significant fines or penalties for failure to comply.
Will a magnet destroy a hard drive?
It depends on the size and strength of the magnet. A common refrigerator magnet will not likely do much on a hard disk drive (HDD), but a large, powerful magnet known as a degausser has the ability to render magnetic media completely useless and all data irretrievable when exposed to the strong magnetic forces.
Does wiping hard drives removes everything?
Wiping a hard drive via software or applications can result in the removal of all sensitive data, but there’s no absolute guarantee that a savvy thief won’t be able to retrieve some or all of the data thereafter. That’s why physical destruction is a sure, time-proven method of securely destroying hard drives.
Deleting all files (e.g. moving everything to the ‘Recycle Bin’) or formatting the hard drive do not securely destroy sensitive data. These methods are ineffective and should not be considered for security reasons.
How can I contact you?
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