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You’ve got a stack of hard drives taking up space in your closet, don’t you? Same, same. Every few years, as the costs go down and space goes up, I upgrade, and ...

Are you getting rid of your computer? You may have erased your private data by deleting files and reinstalling Windows, but you’re not quite done yet. Remember ...

However, most computers now come with solid-state drives (SSDs), which are faster than their mechanical counterparts but can be trickier to wipe. To be certain your data can't fall into the wrong ...

A few weeks back I wrote about removing your hard drive before you donate or recycle an old computer. Occasionally, a reader will send me a follow-up question about a column, but every once in a while ...

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What do you do with a computer when you’re ready for it to head to another owner or to the electronics recycler? If the computer still turns on, you can open Settings, then System, then Recovery and ...