Are you selling or giving away your computer? You may have already deleted personal files and information, or you may have reinstalled or reset Windows, thereby ...

Of all your electronics needing to be recycled or otherwise discarded, that old computer is possibly the most problematic. Unlike a TV, a PC or Mac is likely still laden with personal information, ...

You may already know that "deleting" a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on. What do you mean ...

In a recent study, a research team purchased roughly 100 hard disks off eBay and found half of them to contain sensitive information, including insurance records, biographical information about ...

You can wipe a hard drive much easier now with the help of your Windows 10 Settings menu and the Disk Utility manager in a Mac's Recovery Mode. It's also possible to wipe a Mac data drive through the ...

I have a bunch of old workstations for a client and I'm wondering if there's a quick/easy way to wipe all the hard drives? Like a boot disk I can use that will quickly format the drive? Doesn't need ...

Free, open-source boot disk utility Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) automatically and completely deletes the content of every hard disk it can find on your computer when you run it. Sure you can fire up ...

Before passing on your old computer to persons unknown, you should make sure your data isn't falling into the wrong hands. Both Windows and Mac OS X make it pretty easy to completely erase your hard ...

Data is of utmost importance for businesses and consumers in today’s digital world. Everything from documents, emails, and passwords to financial information is stored on your hard drives or SSDs.

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, developer of best-in-class data wiping software, today announced support for newer Apple computers. With this release, BCWipe Total WipeOut delivers a reliable ...

A new version of HDerase.exe has been released Go direct to UCSD's Center for Magnetic Recording Research website to download version 3.2. HDerase.exe accesses an ATA disk drive's internal Secure ...

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 ...