Sunday, February 7, 2010

Secure data removal when disposing of a PC

So my laptop (er, craptop) Toshiba Tecra A6 is at end-of-life, and I'm getting rid of it.

Of course, the hard disk is laden with commercial-in-confidence data, so what do I do?

Short answer : Eraser! Open-source, and it provides well over a dozen secure data removal options, including deleting specific files, 'wiping' disk free space, etc.

How did I use? I deleted all my files off the laptop, created a new Administrator user account and deleted my old user account, and then I used Eraser to ensure all that juicy data I just deleted can't be retrieved.

Nice. I'm a fan. Get it here.

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