Shredding is another form of physical destruction; it can be the most cost-effective and secure way to destroy electronic data in any media that contains solid-state drives or hard drives that have reached their end of life.

All hard drive data will be destroyed completely. This form of destruction is ideal if you wish to dispose of them for storage of different materials or reuse the hard drive.

Degaussing uses a high-powered magnet to destroy computer data. The magnet disrupts the magnetic field of an electronic medium.

Wiping data means overwriting a device where data is stored to ensure this data can no longer be seen. Wiping data generally involves physically connecting any media to a bulk wiping device.