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Wiping, or Shredding, or Deleting, or Erase, Pick One

by Joseph Forbes | May 16, 2016 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, SECURITY, Technicals

You can delete a file without erasing it, erase a drive without wiping it, shred a file without deleting it, and wipe hundreds of files at once… that were already deleted. Confused? I’m not surprised! These four terms – wipe, shred, delete, and erase...

To Wipe your Hard Drive, or Not

by Joseph Forbes | May 15, 2016 | Blog Entry, DATA, Data Recovery, HARDWARE, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY

To wipe a hard drive means to completely erase the drive of all information. Deleting everything does not wipe a hard drive and formatting does not [always] wipe a hard drive. You’ll need to take an extra step to wipe the hard drive completely. When you format a...

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