Give computers a second life, not the data still on the drives
(May 26, 01:43 PM)
Ever wondered what to do to keep your sensitive data from in front of the eyes and out of the hands of others?
CBL Data Recovery’s General Manager, Tim Margeson offers readers of The Globe and Mail advice on what to do with data that still resides on the hard drive before they throw out or donate their old system to charity.
You might think that deleting a file from your desktop does the trick. Well it doesn’t.
Tim shares his insight with readers on how to wipe their computer’s hard drive clean.
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