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Before You Throw Your Old Computer Out

74% of discarded PC hard drives contain private data that can easily be read and recovered…even if the hard drive has been reformatted*

When you decide to get rid of your old computer it is not good enough to delete all of your information off the hard drive and empty the trash. Unfortunately, simply deleting things doesn’t really erase them. (This data can sometimes still be accessed). It is so critical that you scrub your hard drive before throwing it away that zuuMedia are happy to do this for free, even for non-customers. Complete the form on zuuMedia’s free hard drive scrubbing service and then connect through to our technicians and we will do it for you.

*MIT Study “A Remembrance of Data Passed: A Study of Disk Sanitization Practices“(2003)

*Image source: http://www.pctechguide.com/images/31HardDrive.jpg

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