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Erase Hard Drive Articles

• Hard Drives Exposed - PC World
  Properly sanitize a hard drive before giving away or reselling a computer requires only a small investment of time and an inexpensive disk-erasing tool.
  
  
• How to Effectively Erase Files - Cyber Security Tips
  Unless you have taken the proper steps to make sure the hard drive, disk, or CD is erased, people may still be able to resurrect those files.
  
  
• Permanently Erase Deleted Files - Law Enforcement Technology Magazine
  How hard is it to steal and use someone's personal identity? Find out how deleted files can expose you to fraud...
  
  
• File Deleted? Not Really - Deseret News
  You deleted a file, and then you emptied the recycle bin. But is it really gone?
  
  
• Hard Drives Dumped; Information Isn't - The Mercury News
  Whether you recycle your old computer, sell it, give it away or take it to the dump, you may also be giving away personal information, even if you think you erased everything on your hard drive.
  
  
• Lines of Defense - Utah Business Magazine
  Electronic privacy is somewhat of an oxymoron. Computers and networks typically are set up to share information, not to hog it. Unfortunately, that design makes it easy to lose control of sensitive data
  
  

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