Hi Tim,

What’s the proper procedure for requesting that drives get shredded? Do we just indicate that on the salvage forms somewhere?

Thanks,

 

Al

 

 

Sorry for the late reply as I was out sick this past week. Yes we ensure all drives, media, copier hard drives, thermal fax sheets, cell phones, thumb drivers, etc are wiped or disposed of in a way that no data can be recovered from them.

 

Don is correct in that we have a bin that gets filled up with bad drives or drives that are specifically asked to be shredded. We take those over to a local metal recycling company and pay to have them shredded. We have a few employees go and watch to ensure all the drives are actually getting shredded.

 

Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Hi everyone,

I understand that when old computers and servers go to salvage, the drives in those computers are wiped, but what about free floating drives? We have several old drives that were formerly  part of an array. If we pass those onto salvage, will they be disposed of securely?

Thanks,

 

Al Puzzuoli

Michigan State University

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