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 ...

Yesterday's article on securely erasing a hard disk in preparation for system resale prompted some further discussion. Several readers suggested using the Apple Drive Setup Utility to write zeroes to ...

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 ...

One of the security features included with many motherboards is a BIOS lock. With a BIOS lock in place, your computer won't boot into the operating system without the password, BIOS settings cannot be ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

Software Recovery has come a long way and recovery software that can recover files from storage devices or hard disks even when it is completely formatted. We have personally reviewed several data ...

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: ...

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.

For mobile computing, the MQ01ABU***W series provides self-encryption, cryptographic-erase and TCG-Opal protocol support in a slim 7mm height with up to 500GB of storage capacity. The MQ01ABU***W ...