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 ...

Here's how to make sure all the personal files and other data on your storage drive are erased and unrecoverable, whether you ...

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 ...

Since I'm home from college for a bit I've been roped into the role of the family tech support guy, but the truth is I'm in over my head on this one: It seems that awhile back one of home computers ...

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 ...

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.

A friend of mine had a ton of viruses on his computer, so I used malwarebytes to scan and delete. The computer is much faster now and everything is fine, so I don't need to wipe a hard drive (since ...

How do I format a hard drive? A computer hard drive stores your files, allowing you to access them at any time. The majority of the time, you want these files to remain stored properly and safely.