Identify a few method to dispose of the hard drive of computers.

Nowadays, there are many technological devices developed, people still does not know how to properly dispose of their devices. Hence, we are going to identify a few method to solve this problem so that the devices have been safely disposed besides can protect you from identity theft.

1) Reuse - Remove the hard drive from your old pc and install it in your new systems for extra storage space. - This can save the budget if you want to add another space for your computer for a various purpose.

2) Melting the hard drive - If there’s a machine shop nearby your residence, they can melt your hard drive for a small fee. Make sure you see it with your own eye it being melted.

3) Hammer the hard drive - This is also the safest ways to protect your hard drive. - Make sure you totally destroy it so that it cannot be repair back.

4) Disk wiping - You can purchase disk wiping software which will make data recovery even by professionals impossible. Disk wiping process involves overwriting your entire hard drive with data, several times. After disk wiping is complete, then you will format your hard drive and the data that existed before overwrite will be impossible to recover.

5) Degaussing - Find a local company that use degaussing machine that will essentially destroy all data on your hard disk drive, degaussing a single hard drive shouldn’t cost too much.

These are a few tips that we can practice so that our hard drive can be safely dispose. It is hope ALL Malaysian can benefit this knowledge for a better life.