When disposing of old hard drives, it is important to ensure that no company data remains on the drive for someone to find and exploit. One way to delete data is to format a drive, using the same ...

Here's how to properly wipe a drive before selling it ...

Formatting is an efficient way to delete all the data off an external hard drive, which can be particularly useful if you need to give a previously used drive to a new employee. All you'll need to do ...

Since the Help Desk launched last year, we've received loads of requests for the best ways to preserve different kinds of data in our lives: think voice mails, conversations and even cherished home ...

If you’re ready to invest in a new computer, and your thinking about donating your old computer to a charity, local group or school, it’s important to make sure your computer’s hard drive is ...

Do you ever have to dispose of old computers or return leased PCs at your company? If so, then one of your No. 1 priorities should always be to securely wipe each hard drive to make sure none of your ...

"Deleting" a file does nothing of the sort: the file is still on your hard drive, you just can't see it anymore. Cheap file recovery software will reclaim the data in a flash. Which is why smart folks ...

Over on TidBITS Talk, user Lucas043 posed a question that prompted a fascinating discussion. Lucas043 has a Samsung Portable T7 SSD being used for backup. The SSD has intermittent access problems and ...

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta), working with L-3 Communications Corp. (New York), said they have developed a technique for quickly erasing hard-disk drives. The team ...

Q. How do I erase my hard drive safely so that I can donate my computer to a charity? There are any number of secure erase programs that should do the trick, says Jeff Crume, executive IT security ...