{"id":3977,"date":"2015-09-23T05:01:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T19:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3977"},"modified":"2015-09-21T22:42:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T12:42:28","slug":"erase-hard-drive-securely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/erase-hard-drive-securely\/","title":{"rendered":"Erase a hard drive &#8211; securely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/erase-drive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/erase-drive.jpg\" alt=\"erase drive\" width=\"299\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/erase-drive.jpg 299w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/erase-drive-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/erase-drive-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/erase-drive-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;ve just bought a new computer, selling off your old can be a good way to recoup some of the cost, but before you hand over your old system to a buyer, you need to wipe all your personal information from it.<\/p>\n<p>Simply reinstalling the operating system isn\u2019t enough as technically speaking your old data is only hidden and could still be recovered so you need securely erase that information.<\/p>\n<p>For windows systems you can use a free program like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piriform.com\/CCLEANER\" target=\"_blank\">CC Cleaner,<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dban.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DBAN<\/a>. For Mac head to the <a href=\"http:\/\/macs.about.com\/od\/applications\/ss\/diskutilformat.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Disk Utility application<\/a> where you\u2019ll find everything you need to wipe your hard drive clean of all traces of you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve just bought a new computer, selling off your old can be a good way to recoup some of the cost, but before you hand over your old system to a buyer, you need to wipe all your personal information from it. 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