Everything You Want To Know About IT Asset Disposal

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When it comes to matters to do with IT asset
disposal Chicago, it is good to note that you
actually have at least three different options
which include selling, donating or disposing as
E-waste. However, the processes involved in IT
asset disposition Chicago is not as simple as it
sounds simply because some of these devices, and
particularly computers and laptops once held
important data and information that could be
deemed confidential. In addition, should that
data get into the hands of the wrong people, the
effects could be harmful.
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Most organizations have in place a plan that
prescribes how often they need to replace their
technology. In their plans new laptops, new
desktop computers, new servers, new networking
equipment, new external storage drives and new
mobile devices are purchased to replace the old,
outdated technology. However, once new items are
brought in, the organization is often faced with
a new challenge of IT asset disposition Chicago
with regards to the older items.
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Information storage and erasing Data once input
in a computer cannot be erased easily. The answer
does not lie in selecting "Delete" from the drop
menu or sending the file to the trash bin. Data
stored on disks can be transferred to the recycle
bin or trash, but then can be restored easily
while it is there without help from outside.
Furthermore, data that has been deleted can be
recovered with the assistance of recovery
software because data has not been deleted from
the hard drive it is marked as free space which
can be overwritten. Data that has been
overwritten several times may seem difficult to
retrieve, but with the right program and tools
the information can be extracted this informs
the importance of considering hard drive
destruction before any ITAD Chicago process.
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Implications Any person or company that chooses
to do IT Asset Disposition Chicago with their old
computers, mobile devices, servers and items that
have hard drive should be aware of the risks they
are exposing their organization to. If the data
was deleted then anyone with the necessary
recovery software can access some very sensitive
information that the company thought was gone.
Therefore, it is advisable to hire the services
of an expert IT Asset disposal Chicago to help
hard drive destruction before disposing them,
selling or donating them to charity. They are
smart enough to wipe the data clean.
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E-waste Once the hard drive destruction has been
accomplished, it is now good to go. The best
place to dispose of such equipment it not the
trash bin to avoid accumulating e-waste which is
harmful to the environment. The toxic materials
present in the equipment, such as lead and
mercury, can seep into the ground contaminating
the soil and water source. Therefore, electronics
IT recycling Chicago should be done properly.
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