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Tips & Guides

Dragging your old files to the trash bin might feel final, but when it comes to sensitive data, it's the digital version of leaving unlocked

Think hitting 'delete' on a file or reformatting a drive is enough to wipe it clean? It's a common mistake, but a dangerously wrong one.

Think hitting "delete" or formatting a drive is enough to wipe it clean? Think again. To truly erase a computer hard drive for good, you

Thinking you can just drag files to the trash or run a quick format on a drive is one of the most common—and dangerous—mistakes people

When you hit 'delete' on a file, you're not actually erasing it. You're just telling your computer it's okay to write over that space later.