Are you getting rid of your computer? You may have erased your private data by deleting files and reinstalling Windows, but you’re not quite done yet. Remember ...

QUESTION: In a recent column, you wrote about cleaning off a hard drive with an "erase" program before getting rid of the computer. But I've been told that none of those programs really cleans up the ...

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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.

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 ...

Toshiba on Tuesday introduced a new hard drive feature that can wipe out data after the storage devices are powered down. The Wipe feature in Toshiba’s SED (Self-Encrypting Drives) will allow for ...

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DEAR HELOISE: When disposing of old computers, the hard drive should be removed and destroyed or retained by the owner. Even if the hard drive is erased or reformatted, files and data stored on the ...

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: ...

Why “delete” and “format” do not really erase an external drive When I delete a file from an external drive, the operating system usually just removes its entry from the file system index and marks ...