Think hard disk crushing sounds excessive?

The title to an article posted on BBC News on the 12th of January 2009 posits:
“Hard Drive Destruction ‘Crucial’”.

The Article can be found at the following link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7816446.stm.
To summarize;  the article introduces by discussing a recent discovery in the “Which? Computing” Magazine that using free recovery software, more then 20 000 files were recovered from 8 computers purchased on e-Bay, after quote unquote deletion. The magazine posits that criminals can source old computers from Internet auction sites or in the trash and a lot of information can be recovered if not destroyed completely.

There are softwares for ensuring destruction, but the most straight forward solution according to the “Which? Computing” is a hammer.

Destruction of drives with a hammer requires a lot of caution and is not a wonderful idea as a hard drive contains many toxic materials which can be released when the drive is smashed.
And even then, there are expensive and sophisticated softwares that can even read the drive off of a partially damaged hard drive platter.

Vernon Technology Solutions has a more civilized, safer, envionmentally friendly, and more effective solution.

Enter the Vernon Hard Disk Crusher. Please feel free to browse the website at www.vernoncrusher.com. The Vernon Hard Disk Crusher drills through the spindles and creates ripples in the platter to ensure that it is impossible to ever retrieve the data.
Vernon Technology Solutions is also committed to be enviornmentally friendly and will ensure proper recycling and disposal of all materials toxic and otherwise.

The end of the BBC article quotes Rupert Goodwins, the editor of ZDNet, saying, “…if you’re that worried, get rid of it properly: burn it or put it in acid.” Once again, this will work, but the solution posed by Vernon Technology Solutions is much safer for you and the environment.

For any questions, please give a call to a Vernon Technology Solution Representative nearest you.