Did you just purchase a new work or home computer? Are you contemplating selling the old one? Did you keep bank or credit card records, e-mails, company trade secrets or just personal information that you just don’t want people to know about on the computer? "Just how valuable is the information on your hard drive?" Do you want your personal identity or company trade secrets stolen?

Did you delete all of your personal information or did you reformat your hard drive?

You should think twice.

(Quote from a used computer store on the internet.)
“When we get them, we run diagnostics then reformat the hard drives. A format is like sterilization. It cleans everything off and sets up the hard drive to receive new software. We then reload the operating system. “

If you don’t want someone recovering your personal files from that old computer deleting or reformatting is not enough!

If that computer comes from an attorney’s office or a small or large business, hospital, or research lab, it's another story. The data files on that old computer could be worth big money to the right buyer.

Think of your hard drive in your computer like a piece of none destructive paper.
Did you erase the information from that piece of paper, or did you run the paper through a paper shredder? Have you seen the newer paper shredders that now perform a cross cut? The reasoning behind this is just shredding the paper is not enough, someone can put it back together. Even with the newer cross cut shredders, if a person is determined enough, the information can be put back together.
Hard drives are the same, and the information can be recovered. To ensure compliance with federal and state statutes associated with confidential information a 3 pass binary overwrite method must be utilized to ensure that all data has been removed from a computer hard drive. Reformatting the hard drive only is not enough. Before disposing of that computer or hard drive CFNSG suggest at the least a 3-pass binary overwrite. 7 or more is better and 32 times is best.
A binary overwrite "zeros out" the data and is the only nondestructive way to be sure that the data has been destroyed and cannot be recovered even with the use of special computer forensic and file recovery tools. The only sure way is to have the drive disintegrated.

If you do not want this type of vulnerability and you personal information exploited, CFNSG can help.
 

CFNSG has three service levels.

• Basic Sterilization
  
      3 - Pass overwrite.  Department of Defense Standard
   

• Standard Sterilization
  
      7 - Pass Overwrite. Better quality than basic. Lower possibility for data recovery.
   

• Advanced Sterilization
  
      32 - Pass Overwrite. Highest Quality Sterilization. Lowest possibility for data recovery.

Hard Drive Sterilization price table per drive.

All prices are based on work performed at CFNSG's forensic lab. On-site sterilization is by Quote Only.

Due to the time complexity of this procedure, it is recommended that all work be performed at CFNSG's forensic lab.

All hard drives sent via mail will be subject to an additional fee due to mailing costs.

All sterilization services are on a first come first serve basics with the option of emergency service.

Emergency rate applies for all drives requested as high priority.

Emergency Rate - Double normal price