If you have an old HDD you don't want anymore, don't simply delete the data or just smash it with a hammer because savvy ...

Jim Rossman explains what to do with old hard drives, from secure data erasure to physical destruction and recycling options.

Quick formats and smashed housings often preserve readable platter fragments that labs can rebuild into usable data.

Every year, millions of old tech are thrown away due to age, malfunctions, or to make way for new ones, which creates security risks related to the data on these devices. The data can often still be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question : I need to dispose of my old computer but I'm told that I need to have all of my data removed. We've deleted what we can ...