Hard Drive Destruction and Media Disposal
Drives pulled from machines over years and left in a drawer have no tag, no host and no record, so there is nothing to reconcile against. We serialize every piece at intake, labeled or not.
How we handle drives and media
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Serialized at intake
Every piece recorded, including unlabeled drives, so the certificate matches the physical count.
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Sorted by media type
Magnetic, flash, tape and optical separated, because one blanket method leaves gaps.
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Destroyed to 2 mm
Small enough to defeat chip-level recovery on flash as well as platter recovery on disk.
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Certified
A serialized certificate per piece, or a batch summary, exported from your portal once verified.
Materials recovered
- Aluminum platters and castings
- Rare earth magnets
- Stainless steel
- Circuit boards
- Copper
Standards that apply
- NIST SP 800-88 method and verification
- R2v3 data sanitization requirements
- 2 mm mandated destruction sizing
What it is realistically worth
None on destroyed media, and any vendor implying otherwise is either reselling drives you think were destroyed or billing for work they are not doing. Sanitization for reuse is the only route to value here.
See how value recovery worksFrequently Asked Questions
Usually collected alongside
Retiring hard drives & media?
Tell us what you have and we will confirm the handling, the documentation and any recovery before anything is collected.
Contact UsA certified, accountable ITAD partner
Independently audited to the standards that protect your data and reputation.
Integritrade maintains R2v3 and ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 & 27001 certifications, with NIST SP 800-88-aligned data sanitization — documented controls for quality, environment, safety, and information security within the applicable certified scope.
R2v3 Certified
ISO 9001 Quality
ISO 14001 Environmental
ISO 45001 Health & Safety
ISO 27001 Information Security
NIST SP 800-88