I have some old pcs that I’m going to donate. What’s the safest way to erase the hard drives so none of my data is on there?
I have some old pcs that I’m going to donate. What’s the safest way to erase the hard drives so none of my data is on there?
It’s remarkably easy, you just hook the drive up to a PC with recovery software and let the software do its thing. I’ve done it for multiple drives when my tech illiterate friends erase their only copy of something.
For any PC I dispose of that once had credit card, banking, or other sensitive information, the hard drive is getting destroyed. For everything else a few low level formats will suffice.