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Dispose or Recycle Hard Drive
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I have 3 old 3.5" internal hard drives sitting gathering dust at the moment. 2 are SATA, and one IDE. I want to either start putting them to use, or dispose of them to clear up some space. What is the best approach towards disposing of the drives in terms of thoroughly cleaning the contents before …
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There is a similar question on Server Fault: How do I destroy a hard disk? - I wrote one of the answers: :-) If you are looking for standard procedures and reliable methods, you could read the Guidelines for Media Sanitization (PDF) of the National …
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