Hard Drive and Media Destruction

Hard drive and media destruction is the 100% secure way to permanently destroy data

Confidential information in hard drives has also become a target for identity theft. When organizations upgrade their computers, they often remove the hard drives, use software to erase the data and send them to computer recyclers.

Although the programs erase the data, some just delete the directories on the drive and the actual data remains. Simply by using other available software, the information can be restored, giving someone access to confidential information believed to be destroyed. This leaves organizations vulnerable.

Erasing your hard drive doesn't mean the data's gone. Hard drive destruction is proven to be the only 100% secure way to destroy data from hard drives permanently. That means physically shredding the hard drive and disposing of the minute particles that remain. That's why Shred-it now offers hard drive destruction to our customers.

Shred-it's state-of-the-art shredding machines are specifically designed to shred the drives so that no data can ever be reconstructed or retrieved.

The Destruction Process

Dedicated consoles, clearly labeled for media destruction are provided to customers who choose this secure process. Similar to our paper shredding services, Shred-it provides an unbroken chain of custody for media destruction, from the time the hard drives are placed in the consoles until they are pulverized into minute particles.

Our CSR's pick up the drives from your locked consoles and transport them to the waiting trucks where they are shredded, on site*, depending on your needs.

A Certificate of Destruction is then issued to verify that the process has been followed from beginning to end.

Here is what Shred-it accepts for hard drive and media destruction service: