Many individuals and companies want to fully destroy the information on their hard drives but also want to keep the hardware for re-use. In order to do this, people often employ the use of hard drive erasers. Unfortunately, not only are many of these tools incredibly ineffective, but even the best cannot ensure total security.
The Problem
Many people assume that once they have deleted a file, the information is gone forever. This is simply not true. What actually happens is that the location of that data, i.e. where it is stored on the hard drive, is removed from the system’s memory. This keeps the file from being immediately accessible; however, unless someone writes new data over the old, then the original file will remain perfectly intact and waiting for malicious hands to discover it.
So the solution seems simple enough, just write new data over the old. And this is what most hard drive erase tools attempt to do.
However, not only will many of these tools fail to properly complete this task, but even the best hard drive erasers leave open the possibility for recovering parts of your data by reversing the earlier process.
The Solution
For this reason, we developed methods of fully and completely rendering data unreadable through the destruction of the hardware itself. Some of the leading technology companies in the world use our devices. Our products even surpass the NSA’s specifications for the safe destruction of data.
So if you have sensitive information that you need destroyed, don’t trust methods that have proven ineffective. Instead, contact us.
