What is Data Destruction?
Data destruction is one of the most important steps you can take to ensure that no one can access your private data. When you destroy your old hard drive, you make sure that any information on the computer becomes inaccessible. Your personal information, such as financial documents and personal photos, will be destroyed, ensuring they are not accessible to anyone else
Secure Hard Drive Destruction Options
DestroyR Secure Shredding provides a secure destruction service for old hard drives. We offer different options for destroying your old hard drives to ensure no one can access them:
- Shredding: We shred the hard drives using specialised equipment, rendering them irretrievable and unreadable.
- Degaussing: We use degaussing technology to erase the magnetic field on the hard drives, making the data on them unrecoverable.
Why Secure Hard Drive Destruction?
There are several reasons to consider using a secure hard drive destruction service:
- Ensuring Privacy: By using a secure hard drive destruction service, you are guaranteed that no one will be able to access your old hard drive and get their hands on the data stored on it. This helps protect your privacy and prevent unauthorised access to your personal information.
- Protection of Personal Information: Secure hard drive destruction is crucial for safeguarding sensitive documents and personal information. It ensures that valuable data cannot be recovered by unauthorised individuals.
Reasons to Destroy Your Old Hard Drive
The best reason to destroy your old hard drive is to protect your privacy. The majority of data on the computer is sensitive information that you want to keep private. If someone gets their hands on the computer, they could easily access personal photos and other personal information. That’s why it’s essential to destroy your old hard drive so that no one can retrieve its contents.
Another reason is that the data on the old hard drive can be very valuable for a hacker or criminal. If a hacker has access to your hard drive, they can learn everything about you—from your address to bank account numbers and online account passwords. This could lead to identity theft or other financial loss for you and your family.
If you have an old computer infected with undetectable malware or viruses, destroying the computer will help ensure that no one uses those compromised devices anymore.
How to Securely Destroy an Old Hard Drive?
DestroyR Secure Shredding offers various secure destruction methods for your old hard drives, including:
- Destroying the hard drive onsite: Our technicians can come to your location and destroy the hard drive using specialised equipment right before your eyes, ensuring complete data destruction.
- Securely transporting the hard drive to a shredding facility and destroying it there: If you prefer, we can securely transport the hard drive to our state-of-the-art shredding facility, where it will be destroyed using advanced shredding techniques.
Once the hard drive is destroyed, you’ll receive a certificate of destruction, displaying the serial number, time & date, and other relevant information regarding when the hard drive was destroyed.
Additional Services for Secure Data Destruction
DestroyR Secure Shredding offers a range of services to ensure secure disposal of sensitive data and electronic devices:
- Media Destruction: In addition to hard drive destruction, we can also securely destroy other media formats, such as diskettes, CDs, DVDs, and video tapes. Our specialised equipment ensures complete destruction of the data stored on these media.
- E-Waste Recycling: We can assist you with the proper disposal and recycling of electronic waste, including old computers, laptops, servers, and other electronic devices. Our environmentally-friendly recycling practices ensure that electronic waste is handled responsibly.
- Secure Document Destruction: Alongside hard drive destruction, we offer secure document destruction services to safely dispose of confidential documents. Our shredding methods guarantee that sensitive information cannot be reconstructed or accessed by unauthorised individuals.
Contact Us
For inquiries or to schedule a hard drive destruction service, please contact us via our online form or by calling 1300 378 769. Our knowledgeable and friendly team will be happy to assist you and answer any questions you may have.
