Individual drive
$25 per drive
HDD, SSD, or NVMe. Choose verified secure erasure or direct physical destruction. If an attempted erasure fails, physical destruction is included. The applicable certificate is provided after completion.
Secure media retirement
Data erasure you can document.
Retire, recycle, or repurpose drives with a clear process: assess the media, erase accessible media using industry-standard methods, verify the result, and document the outcome.
Simple, all-inclusive pricing
Desktop or laptop
$35 per computer
Includes one internal drive and the applicable certificate. Additional internal drives are $15 each.
Bulk and business services
Contact for pricing
Multiple drives or computers, business inventories, and recurring work.
One service, one price: request physical destruction instead of erasure, or choose erasure with destruction included if verification fails. Certificates are issued only after verified erasure or completed physical destruction. Special handling and media outside supported categories are quoted separately.
What we handle
Hard disk drives (HDDs)
SATA and SAS magnetic drives, including drives removed from servers, workstations, and storage arrays. We use industry-standard data erasure methods with documented results.
Solid-state storage
SATA/SAS SSDs and NVMe drives. Erasure suitability is evaluated individually; SSDs require special care because overwriting may not reach every physical storage location.
Failed or unreadable media
Drives that cannot be fully accessed, sanitized, or verified are not marked as successfully erased. For magnetic hard drives, destruction involves disassembling the drive and physically destroying its platters. A Certificate of Destruction is provided after completion.
Documented outcomes
Records identify the device, method, result, and available verification evidence. Certificates distinguish successful sanitization from physical destruction.
Industry-standard data erasure
We use established, industry-standard data erasure procedures appropriate to the drive and its condition. Drives are assessed before erasure, and completed operations are verified and documented where the media permits.
Secure erasure
Accessible drives are erased using recognized data sanitization procedures. The method and outcome are recorded for each device.
Physical hard drive destruction
Customers may request physical destruction instead of erasure. When a magnetic hard drive is selected for destruction or cannot be reliably erased, we disassemble it and physically destroy the data-bearing platters rather than claim a successful wipe. This service is described as physical platter destruction, not certified NIST-compliant destruction.
Clear documentation: A failed or unverifiable erasure is never reported as successful. SSDs do not have platters and require a different destruction approach, assessed separately.
How the process works
- Inventory: Record the device make/model, serial number, media type, and condition where identifiable.
- Assess: Determine whether the drive is accessible and whether industry-standard erasure can be completed and verified.
- Sanitize or destroy: Follow the customer's choice: erase and verify the drive, or proceed directly to physical destruction. If erasure fails, unreadable or unverifiable magnetic hard drives are disassembled and their platters physically destroyed.
- Verify and document: Record the outcome and available evidence. Issue a Certificate of Data Erasure only after a successful wipe and verification, or a Certificate of Destruction after documented physical destruction.
Certificates and reporting
Certificate of Data Erasure
A Certificate of Data Erasure is provided for each drive that successfully completes the wipe and passes verification. It documents the device identifiers, erasure method, date, result, and verification information.
Certificate of Destruction
For unreadable, failed, or otherwise designated media after physical destruction, identifying the affected devices and recording the destruction method and date, including platter destruction for magnetic hard drives.
Physical destruction must be completed and documented before a Certificate of Destruction is issued. SSD destruction and any special compliance requirements must be assessed and agreed before service.
Ready to retire your drives?
Tell us the number and type of devices, their condition, and any required documentation or destruction procedures. We will discuss the appropriate approach before work begins.