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Recycle Your Media
Often companies use mobile shredding services or degauss and dispose methods for disposing of used magnetic media. While secure, these methods are a strain on the environment and do not provide your company with the value of the used tapes. Due to various security issues your company may be reluctant to recycle your media, and regain the value that it holds. We Buy Used Tape has earned a solid reputation as a highly secure and respected media recycler. When recycling your media with We Buy Used Tape you are utilizing an economically sensible and environmentally responsible solution.Degaussing
What is Degaussing? dE-"gaus : to remove or neutralize the magnetic field of - de•gauss•er, noun There are typically two ways to make sure data on tape cannot be recovered. One is to degauss the media and the other is to re-write over the existing data, full length, and every bit position. Degaussing is a process that reverses the polarity of the magnetic particles. This process erases data and servo tracks, in the event the tapes being erased use servo track technology. Media products such as 3480, 3490e, DLT, SDLT can be degaussed and the media reused. However, 3590, LTO, 9840 and 9940 cartridges cannot be degaussed without destroying the servo track(s). For these media types Recertification requires data destruction using modern methods which do not destroy the servo tracks.
Data Eradication
There are typically two ways to make sure data is completely eradicated and cannot be recovered. One is to degauss the media and the other is to re-write over the existing data, full length, every track, and every bit position. Media products such as 3480, 3490e, 8mm, DLT, and SDLT can be degaussed and the media reused. However, LTO, 3590, 3592, 9840, 9940, and T-10000 cannot be degaussed without destroying the servo track(s). For these media types, Certification requires data destruction using modern methods which do not destroy the servo tracks.Data Eradication (Servo)
All of the above-mentioned tapes contain magnetic reference tracks which are pre-written by the media manufacturer. Without these servo tracks, the tape drive cannot function correctly. Bulk erasing one of these data cartridges will erase all of the servo tracks, and make the cartridge completely unusable.