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

What this means is that the deleted file is not fully gone and can still be recovered. It's only when the data is overwritten ...

Over on TidBITS Talk, user Lucas043 posed a question that prompted a fascinating discussion. Lucas043 has a Samsung Portable T7 SSD being used for backup. The SSD has intermittent access problems and ...

Making sure that your personal information is safely and securely erased from devices that you are no longer using is a good thing. Here's a quick guide to securely wiping hard drives (HDDs), solid ...

HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, developer of best-in-class data wiping software, announced today that their BCWipe Total WipeOut has been revalidated by the Asset Disposal and Information ...

TL;DR: TEAMGROUP's P250Q Self-Destruct SSD offers innovative one-click data destruction with an independent hardware circuit, ensuring secure and reliable erasure even during power loss. Featuring ...

I'm looking for a Windows program that can run the ATA Secure Erase command for any SSD that supports it. I have Intel, Samsung, Crucial, Sandisk, etc. drives, and they all require their own ...

I've had 2 Samsung SSDs (840 pro and and 805/Evo) in my MacBook Pro. But due to an upgrade have a new retina model with no internal SATA. Now I need to erase these drives so that I can sell them - but ...

When a computer gets old or when you are handing it over, you must delete everything on the computer. As a matter of fact, it is important that you also securely wipe the computer so the files are not ...

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, or SMART, has its advantages in protecting industrial-grade solid-state drives and securing their data—but it also has its limits. Typical SMART ...