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 ...

When you sell a computer, it is always in your best interest to completely erase all of the data on your hard drive before the computer changes hands. Even small, seemingly inconsequential pieces of ...

In this day and age, we all know backing up your files is important (and easy given the cloud). However, what happens if your desktop computer is unexpectedly stolen, or your leave your premium ...

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 ...

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 ...

OW Shredder is all about removing files from your hard drive without leaving traces behind. The only feature we would have liked it to have i to support batch processing, and that is a disappointment.

Toshiba joins the self-encrypting hard drive march forward with its new Toshiba Self-Encrypting Drives series (models MKxx61GSYG). These SED drives won’t quite self-destruct like in “Mission: ...

Data Remanence refers to the remnants of (magnetized) data that are left even after safely wiping data from your hard disks or pen drives. Sometimes, even formatting a disk does not remove the entire ...

Recently MacFixIt reader Elliot Rosen wrote "i am going to purchase a new G5 and want to donate my G3/350 blue and white running Mac OS 9.1. What is the best way to erase-clean my hard drive of all my ...

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is projected to reach 82 million metric tons by 2030, with critical data privacy and security issues. The U.S. amassed just shy of 8 million tons of that e-waste, with ...

Toshiba joins the self-encrypting hard drive march forward with its new Toshiba Self-Encrypting Drives series (models MKxx61GSYG). These SED drives won’t quite self-destruct like in “Mission: ...