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 ...

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 ...

Q: Microsoft told me that I need a new hard drive for my Windows 7 laptop. Should I buy a new hard drive or a new computer? I don’t want Windows 10. — Alicia Vidal, West Miami, Fla. A: Buy a new hard ...

Formatting your hard drive is an important step in setting up your computer. It clears all the data off the disk so that you can start fresh. DiskPart is a powerful command-line tool that allows you ...

Formatting is an efficient way to delete all the data off an external hard drive, which can be particularly useful if you need to give a previously used drive to a new employee. All you'll need to do ...

If you need to delete the Master Boot Record partition from a hard drive, a number of free tools are available to help you through the process, some built into the Windows operating system. Before ...

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 ...

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Q: Microsoft told me that I need a new hard drive for my Windows 7 laptop. Should I buy a new hard drive or a new computer? I don't want Windows 10. Alicia Vidal, West Miami, Fla. A: Buy a new hard ...