Drive Destruction

How it works

Hard Drives (HDD)

• The process consists of degaussing the drives to remove their magnetic charge, which is how they hold data, and
• Physically crushing the drives breaking the platters inside

Sold State Drives (SSD) and Flash Drives

• The process consists of punching holes through them to break the chip inside

Other Important Info

• Drives are stored securely until they are crushed
• All drives are destroyed in-house
• Drives are usually crushed within 1 week of being received
• Pricing is based on the number of hard drives, solid state drives, and flash drives submitted at a single time

Start Crushing:

1.  Add drives to your cart » 

2. Pay for drive crushing

3. Ship drives to us with assigned receipt number

4. After drives are crushed we will email you a certificate

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for Bulk Quantities

Why drive destruction is important

Destroying old hard drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) is an important step towards keeping private information from ending up in the wrong hands. Data stored on drives is still at risk even if the drive is no longer in use. Old disk drives are much like a book with its Table of Contents removed in that access may not be as easy as it used to be, but the bulk of the information is still accessible much of the time.

Deleting files, formatting or damaging the drive does not guarantee the data cannot be recovered later. Professionally destroying these drives to NSA, HIPAA, and HITECH standards is the only way to protect the files once on these drives so they can never be recovered.

Who should destroy drives?

• Businesses & Non-Profits
• People using online banking or who send, receive, or store sensitive data
• Government & Medical Offices
• People with personal information on their devices with concerns about data protection