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The way we handle old hard drives has totally flipped in my shop
About five years back, we'd just toss a pulled drive in a bin and maybe run a quick format if we were feeling fancy. Now, after a big client audit in Dallas last year, we have a whole process. Every single drive gets logged by serial number, wiped with a three-pass DoD standard tool like DBAN, and then physically crushed with a hydraulic press we bought for $1200. The change came from seeing how much data was still recoverable on drives we thought were clean. A forensics guy showed me he could pull tax documents from a drive we'd 'wiped' just six months prior. It's not just about being careful, it's about real liability now. What's your shop's policy for drive destruction, and do you charge extra for it?
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