London Computer Disposal Centre Quick Quote How Do We Dispose Data ? Quick Quote COMPUTERComputers will contain one or more hard drives. There are a wide variety of possibilities for data to be left behind. DVD /CD player is checked for discs. USB Memory sticks and removal storage cards are removed and shredded, if present. COMPUTER HARD DRIVEHard drives are wiped or destroyed. Methods vary by drive type. The two main categories are solid state and magnetic. Secure erasure of solid state drives is done by factory reset or shredding. Secure erasure of magnetic drives is done by overwriting or degaussing, and mechanically by puncturing the platters or shredding. Many magnetic laptop hard drives are made of glass and can be easily shattered once located inside the laptop body. Hard drives vary widely in shape size and type and can be easily missed by the untrained eye. HARD DRIVE LAPTOPLaptops will contain one or more hard drives. Many magnetic laptop hard drives are made of glass and can be easily shattered, but newer laptops are just as likely to contain a solid state hard drive that must be reset encrypted or shredded. Some very thin laptops can contain storage that is embedded on the circuit board of the laptop. These drives have to be factory reset or shredded along with the entire circuit board. The DVD /CD player is checked for discs. Removal storage cards and SIM (subscriber identity module) is removed and shredded, if present. LAPTOP MOBILE / TABLETMobile phones and tablets are either factory reset or shredded. Storage media cards and SIM (subscriber identity module) are removed and shredded. MOBILE / TABLET PRINTERPrinters are checked for documents left inside or stuck. We also check for removable storage cards. If it has a fax we will destroy the fax history/ logs and contacts. If there is a fax roll it will be shredded. PRINTER SERVERServers will usually contain multiple hard drives. These hard drives are removed and wiped or destroyed. SERVER SCREENNo data is stored on screens. USB cards maybe left behind if the screen has a built in hub. SCREEN SWITCHSwitches should be factory reset, epsecially when recycling for reuse. SWITCH TELEPHONEContacts and call logs are removed by reset or destruction of the storage chip by physical means such as shredding. IP Phones (Internet Protocol phone) must be deprovisioned by reset or shredded. They can contain call logs, and your contacts. Calls can be made with an IP phone from your number at your own expense if not deprovisioned. TELEPHONE UPS/BATTERYUPS back up batteries do not contain data UPS/BATTERY Hiddenhidden hidden not hidden
