Computer disposal and confidential information
The facts about data wiping
Data wiping is the process by which the information on your hard drive
is permanently deleted. This goes beyond simply reformatting the drive,
and should not be taken lightly. The information on a drive that has been
cleared by traditional methods (deleting files or even formatting the
drive) can be recovered easily by anyone skilled at data recovery.
Data wiping may seem like a procedure only necessary for government
agencies, or big corporations - but it's not. The information on your
computers, no matter how innocuous it may seem to you, in the wrong
hands, could lead to large-scale identity theft, the loss of industry
secrets, or multitude of other frauds.
The procedure itself is done by exposing the drive to alternating magnetic
fields which overwrite the original "erased" data with random
patterns. The difference between a good wipe, which is 90% unrecoverable,
and a DOD wipe is in the
number of times the drive is re-written over with random patterns. The
more times it is overwritten, the better, but the longer and more costly
the process is.
NOVA iT RECYCLING provides data wipes at an affordable price, from
a standard data wipe, to a DOD wipe.
Contact us today to learn how we can help protect your data in the afterlife
of your used computer equipment.
Email David
Vidos, our Managing Director, who will be happy to explain the process
further.
