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If you are trying to get rid of your computer, chances are that it will contain some sensitive information on it. For example: employment and payroll records family and holiday photos business documents visa applications resumes and job applications lists of passwords passport and driver's license scans tax documents bank statements sexualized content of you or someone you know What you may not know is that merely deleting files doesn't remove them from the hard drive and in the hands of a wrong person, they can recover those data from your hard drive. What you want to do is wipe your hard drive clean, and this tutorial will show you how to do it. Note that this article only covers Windows 10. How to Wipe HDD Old fashioned HDDs can be easily wiped using Windows's own functionality. But you need to make sure to do a full format. Follow the steps below. Start the Format Tool Right click on the hard drive partition you want to wipe and select t...

Last time we covered how long do hard drives last and backing up your data. However, it would be convenient to know before hand if a hard drive is going to fail. That way, you can back up your data more often than usual or simply replace your hard drive and not have to be stressed that your hard drive might fail on you at anytime. Luckily, there is a tool in Windows that can perform a check on your hard drive and make a prediction whether your hard drive might fail due to problems that it detects. And this tool is called the Performance Monitor . Note that this article only covers Windows. How to Check Your Hard Drive with Performance Monitor Starting System Diagnostics In Start Menu , search for performance monitor and open the app. In the Performance Monitor app, go to Data Collector Sets > System , then right click on System Diagnostics , then click Start . Viewing System Diagnostics Report Now go to Reports > System > System Diagnostics , an...

One thing that no one tells you but you really should know about computers is that hard drives don't last very long. And if you are like me, you have your important work and some not so important but nonetheless precious musics, pictures, and videos stored on your computer, then the short lifespan of a hard drive can be a real problem. I learned my lesson the hard way the last time my hard drive failed, and I lost all my data. Since then, I've had a disposable hard drive that I use everyday, and then a backup hard drive that I back everything up to from time to time whenever I remembered. Today, what most casual users do is backing up their data on the cloud. The cloud provider company makes sure your data is always secure, and you don't have to worry about dealing with technologies or hard drive failures. And with 5G, retrieving and backing up data will be a breeze. Still, it requires an internet connection, and you have to pay a monthly premium. If your data is in the...