Surplus has a bin for drives that can’t be wiped or that come in dead.

Those drives get shredded at a metal recycler.

Dave Radigan    [log in to unmask]

Tim Heckaman   [log in to unmask]

Can take possession of the drives for you. Or correct me, if the process has changed.

Don Bosman

Information Technologist

MSU Libraries

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East Lansing, MI 48824-1048

517-884-0873

From: Al Puzzuoli [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:37 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] Proper Disposal of old Server hard Drives?

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

Information Technologist                                       http://www.rcpd.msu.edu

Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities  517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI  48824-1033