How Do You Write Zeros To Any Hard Drive?
Deleting data may not always mean personal information is gone for good. People are discovering after selling computers or PDAs private information they thought was deleted can be accessed by the new owner. While computer operating systems have made it easier for consumers to file and manage their data, modern user interfaces also hide the fact that data deletion isn’t as simple as dropping an icon into the ‘trash.’ However, there are ways to prepare your hard drive so that new owners receive devices truly wiped clean of private information. Almost every day we read about personal or even classified information turning up on a used computer, PDA or other device sold online. No doubt the seller thought the data was removed after erasing the hard disk drive. However, the truth is deleting information take more than dropping it into the computer’s trash. To truly erase the contents of a hard drive, you must know how data is stored. Microsoft and Apple offer a user interface to the compute
