There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, leading-edge developer of DoD wipe software, announced today version 3.5 of BCWipe Total WipeOut. Jetico’s long-trusted solution to wipe hard drive data can now ...

Before you junk your old computer or external solid state drive, here’s how to thoroughly wipe all your data, because it’s ...

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, leading developer of approved DoD wipe software, announced today the release of version 4 of BCWipe Total WipeOut to erase hard drive data. Enterprise users gain ...

As SSD prices continue to decline, manufacturers continue to reduce the number of hardware accessories included with products. Desktop adapter brackets, screws, SATA data and power cables and other ...

Over on TidBITS Talk, user Lucas043 posed a question that prompted a fascinating discussion. Lucas043 has a Samsung Portable T7 SSD being used for backup. The SSD has intermittent access problems and ...

Joensuu, Finland-based Blancco, a provider of data erasure solutions, now supports solid state drive (SSD) erasure within its family of certified data erasure products. “The newly released software ...

The option for secure deletion (overwriting) of single files was removed from Mac OS when El Capitan was released as they came to the conclusion that they could not "guarantee" secure deletion.

In preparation for a clean Windows install, I ran a secure erase on my smaller SSD, a Samsung 830, 256 GB, using Samsung's utility. During the process, the software reported the target SSD was frozen.

TeamGroup calls this operation “One-click circuit destruction” and claims that it “physically destroys the NAND chip to ...

At first I was surprised at the number of questions that came in about Samsung's new Magician software, but after remembering that Rapid Mode is tied to the software, it all made sense. We've covered ...