UltraErase - Hard Disc Drive Repair and Erasure

硬盘驱动器（HDD）和越来越多的固态硬盘（SSD/NVMe）被广泛用于数据存储；但是，对于企业应用程序，首选的长期存储介质是HDD。硬盘无处不在，但它们最终会失效，而且考虑到IT设备通常是围绕它们开发的，一个失效和过时的硬盘可能会使整个机器过时，需要更换。例如，一些ATM仍然在Windows XP上运行，需要一个不再生产的特定硬盘。故障硬盘的处理还有其他问题，包括删除存储数据，并根据WEEE法规在欧盟进行物理处理，以回收，再利用和尽量减少垃圾填埋。Ultratec是HDD翻新市场的专家，最近开发了一种技术，可以快速识别HDD上的故障扇区，除了清除磁盘上的数据外，还可以翻新磁盘，并证明客户可以重新使用或提供转售。令人惊讶的是，提供这项服务的公司少之又少，而且大多数硬盘都是碎片化的。Ultratec建议开发一种完全集成的系统来翻新和擦除HDD，以降低成本并提高生产率。

Hard Disc Drives (HDD) and increasingly Solid-State Drives (SSD/NVMe) are widely used for data storage; However, the preferred long-term storage medium is HDD particularly for enterprise applications. HDD's are ubiquitous but they eventually fail and given that IT equipment is often developed around them, a failed and obsolete HDD can make the whole machine obsolete requiring its replacement. For e.g. some ATM's still run on Windows XP and require a specific HDD which are no longer manufactured. The disposal of failed HDD has other issues including the erasure of their stored data and their physical disposal in the EU under the WEEE regulations to recycle, reuse and minimise landfill.Ultratec is a specialist in the HDD refurbishment market, and has recently developed technology that can rapidly identify the failed sectors on a HDD and in addition to clearing the disc of data can refurbish the disc and certify it for reuse by the client or offer it for resale. There are surprisingly few companies that offer this service and the majority of HDD's are fragmented for scrap. Ultratec proposes to develop a fully integrated system to refurbish and erase HDD's to reduce costs and increase productivity.