As SSD prices continue to decline, manufacturers continue to reduce the number of hardware accessories included with products. Desktop adapter brackets, screws, SATA data and power cables and other ...

This could be a problem for those who intend to delete confidential data permanently. The deletion tools which delete data in a manner that cannot be recovered are called secure delete software ...

HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, developer of best-in-class data wiping software, announced today that their BCWipe Total WipeOut has been revalidated by the Asset Disposal and Information ...

We went through a couple years ago and replaced all our spinning drives with SATA SSDs to try and get a couple more years out of our older devices. As those have been replaced with new computers, ...

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jetico, leading-edge developer of DoD wipe software, announced today version 3.5 of BCWipe Total WipeOut. Jetico’s long-trusted solution to wipe hard drive data can now ...

Data security on SSDs is a mess. Good luck removing data! Preserve it for digital forensics? Uh-oh. Secure erase might work, but it that good enough? SSD data recovery SSD security is important ...

In preparation for a clean Windows install, I ran a secure erase on my smaller SSD, a Samsung 830, 256 GB, using Samsung's utility. During the process, the software reported the target SSD was frozen.

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, or SMART, has its advantages in protecting industrial-grade solid-state drives and securing their data—but it also has its limits. Typical SMART ...

If you’re selling an old Mac with a hard drive, a spare hard drive, or you’re just quite paranoid about your deleted data, you’re either familiar with—or should be familiar with—the Erase Free Space ...