How to Erase Data From a Computer Before Selling. 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.

Secure Erase overwrites every single track on the hard drive. That includes the data on "bad blocks", the data left at the end of partly overwritten blocks, directories, everything.

Configure your browser settings to automatically delete all browsing data when you exit the application if you don't want any traces of browsing history saved to your hard drive.

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.

If you need to get rid of a Mac or external drive, how do you ensure that no one can access the data on it? Adam Engst runs through the various methods you can employ, one or more of which should ...

There are easier and safer methods for erasing hard drives - including SSDs - than 10 years ago. Windows has two easy methods and Mac OS X has another. They are built into the operating system and are ...

If you have a hard drive you want to recycle, remember the data may still live on. Proper drive destruction can protect you and your data once you've backed it up somewhere else.

Learn how to remove or delete Volume or Drive Partition, on HDD or SSD using Disk Management, Command Prompt or PowerShell.

Does your computer have a solid-state drive? All new Apple laptops come with SSDs, and you better be careful what you do if you want to erase it. Cle ...