How Do You Completely Remove The History From A Hard Drive?
If you’re thinking about upgrading the hard drive in your personal computer and would like to get rid of your old drive, you are going to want to remove all history and data from the device to prevent theft of any personal information stored on the drive. There are many ways to wipe a hard drive of its history, but one fast, effective and easy way is to reformat the drive on your computer. Even if you aren’t tech savvy, you should be able to complete the process in only a few minutes. Turn on your computer and click the “Start” button in the left corner of the main desktop screen. Right-click “Computer” from the list of options in the drop-down menu. A new window will appear on screen. Click the “Storage” option in the left column of the Computer window and select “Disk Management.” A list of all active hard drives in your computer will appear in the middle of the window. Right-click the hard drive you wish to reformat and choose “Format.” Select the “NTFS” file system option. NTFS is
