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6 Disastrous Ways to Deal With Old Hard Drives

Hard Drives distraction is very important. Without destroying your HDD properly you can lose your important personal data. But how you can deal with your old hard drive? Here are six simple ways you can use to deal with your old drives.

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6 Disastrous Ways to Deal With Old Hard Drives

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  1. Euro Recycling Ltd How to Deal With Old Hard Drives Tips and advice for your old drives. www.euro-recycling.co.uk

  2. Agenda Dealing with an old hard drive is quite hard. Here are the 6 tips you need to know for your old drive. 01 Erase or wipe data 02 Format the hard drive. 03 Don’t worry about it. 04 Lock up obsolete hard drives. Damage the hard drive with a hammer, etc 05 06 Recycle hard drives.

  3. Euro Recycling Ltd Erase or wipe data A Data Recovery Study found that special software could recover deleted data even after 200 hard drives were purchased from eBay and Craigslist a few decades ago. On 67% of the hard drives, personally identifiable information was actually recovered. www.euro-recycling.co.uk

  4. Euro Recycling Ltd Format the hard drive. Data can still be recovered even after a complete format. Special software, similar to the "delete" issue, can often retrieve data.

  5. Euro Recycling Ltd Don’t worry about it. For as long as the data is stored on an old hard drive, it poses a security threat. All companies that store private information, regardless of their size, are at risk of being hacked. All companies are required to adhere to data protection laws. This includes keeping customers' and employees' private information safe from creation to disposal.

  6. Euro Recycling Ltd Lock up obsolete hard drives. Many companies don't have policies for shredding hard drives and instead keep them on site. Even though hard drives are stored in locked areas, data can still be stolen. www.euro-recycling.co.uk

  7. Euro Recycling Ltd Damage the hard drive with a hammer, etc. Although this may work in theory, it is not practical or recommended for professional and corporate environments. For proper record-keeping, all hard drives should be destroyed by a professional destruction firm that issues a Certificate of Media Destruction.

  8. Euro Recycling Ltd Recycle hard drives. It is impossible to guarantee those information thieves won't be able to access hard drives being sent for recycling. Any recycling program must include data security management. www.euro-recycling.co.uk

  9. Thank you! For questions, email us at info@euro-recycling.co.uk

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