{"id":7327,"date":"2015-10-18T14:57:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/hard-drive-shredder\/"},"modified":"2015-10-18T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T14:57:52","slug":"hard-drive-shredder","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/14212\/hard-drive-shredder","title":{"rendered":"Hard Drive Shredder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_hard_drive_shredder_mean\">What Does Hard Drive Shredder Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A hard drive shredder is a machine designed to effectively destroy traditional rotational hard drives and solid-state hard drives. 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