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?
Something that works on any hard drive, and allows you to set up a hash to completely overwrite the hard drive where you will have to install a new OS is Acronis. It is a backup software that also allows you to fully scrub a hard drive!! It is almost impossible to recover every bit of data. If a person did run recovery, they would get gobbledygook.
As a reference: I am a retired IT. I have used this extensively.