Why We Need Hard Drive Recycling
The information technology industry is literally bursting at the seams with ideas for how we can recycle hard drives and other computer components. One recent idea is to build a device that can securely erase the contents of a hard drive and then re-install the operating system. This idea sounds good, but how would we go about building such a machine? Fortunately, I have someone in the industry that has an answer. Recently, I was asked to review a paper on the subject of hard drives and data recovery. The paper was written by a noted hard drive researcher, Jay Seo, Ph.D. who also is an adjunct professor at the University of California at Riverside. He routinely studies hard drive failure, data recovery, and security issues pertaining to hard drives. I was quite impressed with the breadth of his research and what he had to say about this important topic. Dr. Seo went into great detail describing the process of hard drive recycling. In my opinion, this is an excellent idea that deserves ...