10 Hard Drive Types You Can Sell in the UK

Many businesses across the UK are sitting on valuable IT assets without even realising it. Old hard drives, SSDs, and server storage units — even faulty ones — can still be sold for significant value.

If your organisation upgrades systems, replaces servers, or clears storage rooms, here are the 10 types of hard drives you can sell today.

1. Desktop Hard Drives (HDDs)

These are common in office PCs. Even old 250GB–500GB units still carry resale and recycling value.

2. Laptop Hard Drives

Both 2.5” laptop HDDs and SSDs are always in demand:

• Working

• Faulty

• With or without caddies

All can be recovered or recycled.

3. Solid State Drives (SSDs)

SSDs have high market demand due to their speed and durability.
Businesses often upgrade to larger capacities, making old SSDs profitable to sell.

4. Server Hard Drives

Companies upgrading data centres often replace:

• SAS drives

• SCSI drives

• Enterprise HDDs

These drives hold excellent resale value, even in bulk.

5. NVMe Drives

Newer high-speed storage used in:

• Workstations

• Laptops

• Servers

Defective NVMes still contain recoverable parts or materials.

6. RAID Array Drives

IT departments replacing RAID systems often have spare:

• RAID HDDs

• RAID SSDs

• Whole arrays

Even mismatched or mixed-lot batches can be sold.

7. Broken or Faulty Drives

Faulty drives still contain:

• Valuable components

• Recyclable metals

• Parts useful for refurbishing

Do NOT throw them away — sell them instead.

8. External Hard Drives

Even external USB hard drives have value, including:

• Cracked casing

• Dead USB ports

• Slow performance

The internal drive remains sellable.

9. Enterprise-Grade SSDs

Used in high-performance servers, these drives hold premium market value, even with:

• Bad sectors

• Firmware issues

• Power-loss damage

10. Hard Drives Inside Machines

You can sell drives still inside:

• Laptops

• Desktops

• Workstations

• Servers

• CCTV systems

• Network attached storage (NAS)

No need to remove them — they can be collected and processed safely.

Conclusion

If your organisation has unused storage devices, don’t let them gather dust.
Every drive — working or faulty — carries real value.

Selling them ensures:

• Profit

• Security

• Sustainability

A win-win for both your business and the environment.