Re: Physical HDD destruction

[Brian Helman <bhelman () SALEMSTATE EDU>]

I've heard that the next version of SpinRight from Gibson Research is going to include a disk-wiper.  Steve Gibson 
appears to know his stuff, so I'm not entirely skeptical that a software solution isn't a bad idea (how's that for a 
quadruple-negative!?) .. ie I'm inclined to believe it would work.  Right now, our students take a hammer, drill, et al 
to the drives.  If the drives can be safely (both from digital and physical-safety perspectives) wiped and recycled, 
isn't that a better thing?

-Brian Helman

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Benjamin E.
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We have contracted with a company for data destruction. This includes HDDs, flash drives, and paper.

Ben Pratt
St. Cloud State University

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Good day Everyone,

Here at Armstrong, we have a couple hundred hard drives that we have to physically disable/destroy. We also have about 
200 hard drives per year that our desktop support staff recover from old machines that need to be destroyed as well. We 
have seen some of the hydraulic electric presses that are enclosed as well as manual presses that are made for this 
type of work. What are other institutions using to destroy HDDs securely and safely?

Regards,

Matt

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