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• How can I securely clean my laptop before I recycle it?

  If you’re worried about such people try deriks boot and nuke Https://dban.org. Source: 11 months ago

• How do I permanently erase files, no chance of recovery?

  Presuming you want to sell it with windows running, first make a Window boot disk so you can recover. Then use DBAN (https://dban.org/) to completely wipe the drive. Then reinstall Windows up to the setup stage. The new owner will experience it as a new computer. Source: 11 months ago

• Secure Erase vs Sanitize

  An alternative to Parted is DBAN Darik's Boot and Nuke We use this for most full Drive wipes Https://dban.org/. Source: 12 months ago

• (Question) Cheapest method to destroy the (content of) hard drive

  I do love all the creative ways to completely destroy a drive, but in general you should just be able to use DBAN if you just want to wipe the drive to make data recovery near impossible, but still be able to use it afterwards. Source: 12 months ago

• How to erase/shred/wipe SSD securely on Windows and Ubuntu?

  You have a few options. The easiest in my opinion is just to smash the hard drives (assuming you don't want to reuse or sell them). Otherwise I use DBAN for permanently wiping HDDs: https://dban.org/ Try using your motherboard's UEFI BIOS for SSD or maybe even the manufacturer's utility if you have one. Source: about 1 year ago