Disposal of Hard Disk Drives and other Media
Description:
If a computer UT Arlington owned Mac or PC is in the process of being disposed/sent to surplus, all electronic media (hard disk drive, floppy disk, or magnetic tape) must be sanitized to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of protected and/or confidential information.
Available To:
- Faculty (currently appointed) and Staff
- Departments and Offices at UT Arlington
How to Get:
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Individual Departments should be using Symantec GDisk to erase any hard disk drives or floppy diskettes prior to sending them to Surplus for redistribution/disposal on and off campus.
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UT Arlington Office of Information Technology (OIT) will use Symantec GDisk to format any hard disk drives or floppy diskettes being sent to surplus. If GDisk will not run on a Mac then the hard disk drive should be removed from the Mac and placed in a PC so that it may be formatted with GDisk.
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UT Arlington Central Receiving / Surplus
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Non-Functional hard disk drives - use degaussing machine to permanently erase and render it unusable
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Functional hard disk drives - use Symantec GDisk to erase prior to redistribution/disposal on and off campus
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All other magnetic media - use degaussing machine to permanently erase
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