Tapes may require something different but many industrial strength document shredders will happily chew a floppy disk or CD-Rom DVD. Mine go through the same machine we use for our bulk paper files.
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From: Katy Thomas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 September 2005 10:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK] Confidential disposal of modern media
Dear all,
I have recently come across some floppy discs that need destroying but I remember some IT bod telling me that breaking the disc in half does not stop someone retrieving the information held on it if they really wanted to. I too would be interested to see what possibilities there are for destroying such material.
Katy Thomas
Records Manager
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
> Dear all
>
> Is there an accepted way of ensuring confidential disposal of modern
> media such as back-up tapes, floppy disks and CD-ROMs? We can
> obviously destroy them as best we can by snapping disks in half,
> mangling the magnetic tape, etc., but would be interested to hear if
> there is a universally adopted approach.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Caroline Sampson
> Warwickshire County Record Office
>
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