Cleaning out the old makes way for the new—but for too many businesses, bringing in new equipment means exposing confidential data, in part because many people don’t know how to wipe a hard drive properly. Why Hard Drives Must be Disposed of Properly Like all technology, hard drives don’t last forever. You’ll probably have to...Continue Reading
Nothing lasts forever, but it would be nice if hard drives lasted a little longer. The hard drives that power your business’s electronics and store all your data generally have a life expectancy of around five years, depending on the model; sometimes they start to fail even earlier. Considering how many computers and external drives...Continue Reading