Secure HD Erase

How to REALLY erase a hard drive by ZDNet's Robin Harris -- You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on. What do you mean “delete” doesn’t delete? File information is maintained in a directory so your operating system can find it. All that [...]