The Garner HD-2 is the newest and most innovative product in the Garner line of degaussers. The HD-2 erases laptop, desktop and network hard drives up to 1-inch high as well as high coercivity tape media, including LTO, DLT, SDLT, AIT, 8mm and more. 

The Garner HD-2 is designed to run CONTINUOUSLY. With a 60 second, the HD-2 is quiet and needs no cooling, making it perfect for desktop use. 

HD-2 Operations:

The HD-2 is exceptionally user friendly. Simply place your media into the drawer and press the ERASE button. Within 60 seconds you media will be erased. It can't get much easier than that. 

Safeguards:

The HD-2 has been independently tested and certified to meet both ANSI and CE standards. Build-in safeguards check the stored power before each erase cycle ensuring complete erasure every time. Audible tones and lighted push buttons report the status of the HD-2 to operator. 

Degauss vs. Overwrite:

The HD-2 produces an erasing field many times stronger than the erasing fields produced by the read/write heads in the hard drives and tape drives. The field strength along with the encompassing magnetic field ensure the data is no longer recoverable by computer or laboratory attacks. Since the HD-2 does not rely on software, the HD-2 will also completely and permanently erase failed and damaged hard drives regardless of the operating system or interface. 

Government Mandates:

The HD-2 will assist you in meeting compliance standards for government mandates requiring complete elimination of sensitive information stored on magnetic media prior to reuse or disposal including:

PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry) Data Security Standard
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Guidelines for Media Sanitization
NIST SP 800-36
NIST SP 800-88
HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act)
PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
California Senate Bill 1386

IMPORTANT - Please be aware that degaussing hard drives should only be done for destructive purposes. Degaussing erases the hard drive's servo chip thereby rendering them unusable.