Drive disposal

[John Abreau]

Years ago, I bought a cheap degausser

    http://erase-o-matic.com/

When I disposed of a bunch of old hard drives, I'd first
remove the drive's shielding, then run it through the device
a few times, then pulled them apart to expose the platters
to the air. Then I felt comfortable sending them to a recycler.


On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:27 PM,  <jay-R5TnC2l8y5lBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I've started looking into some low volume drive disposal, and was curious what options others use.  My main requirments are:
>
> 1. Reasonable for low volume, 25- 50 drives every 6 months I would guess.
>
> 2. Provide cerification that will pass hipaa requirments.  Basically chain of custody, degausing and shreding.  We deal with a lot of pharma companies, and would like to use similar standards.
>
> 3. Resonably local, and allow drop off or local pick up options.
>
> My searching online has turned up SEM out of westboro, that meets all these.  And their site quotes a rate of $5 a drive for lots of 26-100.
>
> Anyone have any advice on companies and costs?
>
> Thanks
> Jason
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