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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q 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 hard ...

Q. How do I erase my hard drive safely so that I can donate my computer to a charity? There are any number of secure erase programs that should do the trick, says Jeff Crume, executive IT security ...

Erasing your personal information from your computer's hard drive can be important if you decide to give the computer away or recycle it. Most computers ship with factory restore partitions that ...

A: Are you hoping to keep the machines after the drives have been erased, or are you just trying to remove personal information before getting rid of them? If the latter, then the easiest approach ...