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 ...

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 ...

If you didn't know, when you delete a file or empty your trash can, it isn't actually wiped from your hard drive. To make sure that a deleted file stays deleted, you must securely wipe your hard drive ...

TL;DR: The Data Shredder Stick Secure Data Wiping Tool can wipe hard drives on Windows PC’s for just $39.99 (MSRP $59.99).

"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 ...

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 ...

Yesterday's article on securely erasing a hard disk in preparation for system resale prompted some further discussion. Several readers suggested using the Apple Drive Setup Utility to write zeroes to ...

We went through a couple years ago and replaced all our spinning drives with SATA SSDs to try and get a couple more years out of our older devices. As those have been replaced with new computers, ...

Why You Should Care: Almost every company eventually has to dispose of older hard drives, and they need a way to ensure (and prove) that the data on those drives was securely deleted. The Lowdown: ...

Can you even *see* it in an Explorer Window? If you can, use CCleaner to wipe it. You could try booting a computer with a Linux disc, while the drive is connected, if the Linux OS can see the drive, ...