The fact that reformatting a hard drive doesn’t completely erase the data stored on it is both a blessing and a curse depending on your circumstances. For example, if you reformat your hard drive ...

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 ...

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 ...

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico's new major release of their hard drive wiping software, BCWipe Total WipeOut, includes an exciting new feature: central management for both wiping and reporting ...

My brother has a WD 1TB External Hard Drive. It has some sort of embeeded firmware on it that I cannot seem to wipe....the embedded software has a software *logon* in which you need to assign it a ...

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 ...

LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prosoft Engineering, Inc. launches MediaTools Wipe – A professional computer wiping tool designed for complete and secure data deletion. This is the first product ...

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 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 ...

Deleting a file on a computer rarely means it is gone. On traditional hard drives and many solid-state drives, what disappears from view often lingers in the background, recoverable with the right ...