There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

Do you have a pile of old drives that you want to wipe clean before sending them on their way to Silicon Heaven? Perhaps you need to wipe a drive clean in a computer you’re selling or giving away.

Deleting a file on a computer rarely means it is gone. On traditional hard drives and many solid-state drives, what ...

Secure Erase and HP Disk Sanitizer are tools used to remove data from a hard drive or solid-state drive permanently. The deleted information cannot be recovered. Use Secure Erase or HP Disk Sanitizer ...

Reader Steve Carter would like his deleted files to be really, really gone. He writes: How do you delete a file completely and forever? I thought the original still remains on the hard drive until it ...

When selling, gifting, or recycling your Apple devices, securely erasing all data is a critical step to protect your personal information. This process involves backing up your data, resetting the ...