When disposing of an old computer, there is really only one way to securely erase the information on the hard drive: ...

[Wolf] emailed us to show us his Self destructing Hard Drive tutorial. He’s using thermite, like we did, but he’s put a little more effort into the delivery system. In the video, you can see a ...

Since it’s easy to recover data from a hard drive and open yourself up to bullying, blackmail, or even identity theft, it is vital to dispose of an old hard drive properly by not only wiping the ...

Shredding a hard drive is not necessarily secure ... The most extreme method is to destroy the drives through melting or incineration. Data can never be recovered, and nor can the drive or ...

Under ideal conditions, hard drives can work for many years. However, various factors influence their service life.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office will hand over a copy of the evidence it cloned from devices seized during a raid on a local newspaper and then will destroy the hard drive, the paper’s ...