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Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed
A hard disk drive (HDD) is a data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage. Modern HDD stores have a capacity of terabytes of data. Though these devices can be used for years, most of their large users like data centers replace them after five years or so when their warranty expires. Then what happens to those removed hard disk drives? Technically, they could be cleared or purged for reuse. But millions of still-usable HDDs are destroyed each year through melting or incineration in order to make it impossible for any data to be retrieved from them. Since HDDs are a commonly used storage device, they could be reused nearly with any computer or at any data center. Can’t they be reused more?
Read the article and learn about what is happening to millions of used HDDs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65669537
Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed
A hard disk drive (HDD) is a data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage. Modern HDD stores have a capacity of terabytes of data. Though these devices can be used for years, most of their large users like data centers replace them after five years or so when their warranty expires. Then what happens to those removed hard disk drives? Technically, they could be cleared or purged for reuse. But millions of still-usable HDDs are destroyed each year through melting or incineration in order to make it impossible for any data to be retrieved from them. Since HDDs are a commonly used storage device, they could be reused nearly with any computer or at any data center. Can’t they be reused more?
Read the article and learn about what is happening to millions of used HDDs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65669537
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